[barrett]

one of my best friends has a hard home life. i am one of the only people she has ever told about it. her mother and father split the time between having her into everyother week, so she is with her mom one week and her dad the next. her mother verbally abuses her; i have even been over when it happened. her mom yells about how much she hates her and how she wish that she never had kids because nothing good has ever come out of it. she has a 5 yr old sister that gets treated the same way, and i mean she is only 5 so she doesn't understand what is going on! my friend gets yelled at if she leaves her room, so she just stopped coming out for food. she has lost quite a bit of weight. she even has a plan for what to do if her mother ever tried to kill her or her sister! that is how unstable she is!
i know what you are thinking...why doesn't she just move in with her dad? well her dad smokes pot. she found some underneath the bathroom sink in about the 5th grade. and she said that normally there is some under there.
i don't know what to do for her!! i try to have her over to my house as much as possible (she basically lives with me) but i know that that is not the solution. i am very worried for her. but i don't really want to tell anyone about it because she still wants to live with her parents. i just want to know how i can comfort her!
i do have some family issues but none are as bad as hers. please tell me how i can help!

[SweetCrusader]

i know your friend probably loves her parents regardless of all of this, but this is NOT a good situation for her or her little sister. i really strongly reccomend that you either encourage her to contact social services, or you do so yourself. if nothing else, though (like if you decide against this), just keep being there for her and giving her a safe place to be. talk her through it, tell her you love her, and stand beside her no matter what happens.

rough situation to be in. (((((hugs))))) <---if ok, for you and your friend

-comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable-

[(JD)]

Hello barrett... good to chat with you the other night..

How does your mom feel about your friend being there all the time? Can you trust your mom to help your friend too?

Remember what we discussed about the 4 types of abuse/neglect? Maybe she can talk to the school counselor and get adult help, if there's no one else?

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