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Re: should i be concerned
Sorry if this isn't what you want to hear but get her to pack her bags and send her back to her mother. Just because your mum has a new job isn't any reason for her to put you in charge and raise her, because that's her job not yours. It is taking a toll on your family and it isn't your issue to deal with, it's your mother's issue to deal with. It's her daughter, not yours, send her back and let her deal with it. You're her sister not her mother and that's exactly why she isn't listening to you (in my opinion). Like Arna said, get facts, take photos, take notes and dob that boyfriend in. Oh how life is so unfair, her boyfriend is doing drugs and having sex (although it's actually rape) and she can't have house parties at a house that doesn't belong to her. She needs a reality check, show her the door and send her back to mummy. Mum can't hide from her responsibilities as a mum, regardless of what reason she moved for.
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Re: should i be concerned
Arna, things must be different where you are, because here, if a parent kicks out a child under 16, they are investigated for abandonig that child! They are not considered mature enough to be able to thrive without an adult's care. Now she can be sent to live with someone, but not just booted out the door.
Kicking teens out is viewed as a neglect by the parent- as the parent is viewed as being responcible but refusing to meet their responcibilities as a parent. Usually, it is best to not go there. At least here, that gives you a record which impairs your ability to work at daycares, schools, old folks homes, etc. Not a good thing for your employability.
There are some parents who have done this, though, as they felt there was NO other way... but they then pay the price too.
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But that's the problem, she isn't the parent here, she is the sibbling of the teen, so it was never her responsibility in the first place.
This teen wants to be an adult, so she needs to be shown what being an adult means. My parents seriously consiered having me removed from home when I was 14 (thankfully, they stuck it out for another couple of years), and they were doing it through the courts (not that I knew until just recently).
The rights of a parent are not there any more. The best parents in the world still have teen problems, and it isn't their fault- teens are teens, and that isn't going to change. Where are the rights of a parent to protect other members of their family from the abuse and teenness of teens? You are saying they have no rights and have to put up with abusive and violent situations even when they have done the right thing. Yet, if it were another adult, it is different.
A teen isn't going to learn to be responsible unless they are forced into it. Local Youth Services are there to provide the transition from being at home to being fully independant. I've been through all that too, and for many families, it is the best option for all.
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