I know it's not really a question I'm just here to vent but it doesn't get to me as much as it used to but it still hurts sometimes because it would drive her nuts if I ignored her I know it's immature I do it back sometimes just to show her how it feels I even admitted to her she went quiet sometimes though I know she hater her job and stuff but she has a therapist and I let her vent to me I'm not much a good advice giver but I am a good listener even if I were to give her advice she ignores me unless she wants something it's like dealing with a child because there are times where she wants attention and I'm not in the mood but she's get mad when I don't talk so I go in my room when I move out soon if she wants me in her life still like she says she has to earn my respect and love even though I am her daughter.

My sister is pregnant she's been hanging around me a lot lately. Besides her husband I'm the only close family she has our mom died when we were younger we never knew our dad we don't haave any other close family around here. It's just been us. Is it normal she just wants to be around me ?

A friend of mine currently lives with his dad and is allowed to visit his mother every other weekend and for dinner on Wednesdays. However if this kid does anything wrong (forgetting a chore, forgetting to ask to see his girlfriend on Wednesday despite it being a weekly event for 7 months, etc), his father will limit him from seeing his girlfriend or friends and going to concerts with his mother. If he tries to argue any of this, his father tells him that if he doesn't like it he can live with his mother- and he'll sell the truck that the kid has spent hundreds on. My friend doesn't want to live with his dad, but his mother is far from the school he wants to continue attending. He's scared to stick up for himself because his privileges are his only escape from home. His mother has tried to fight this multiple times, but him and his new wife always find a way to take more from her. I don't know, what do you think and is there anything the mother and kid can do? I'm just a teen, I'll be honest I don't get this stuff. I just don't like seeing my friend stressed and cornered from his dad's manipulation.

Whenever we get into an argument, my girlfriend screams at me at the top of her lungs and gets right in my face,calling me vile names, making fun of my weight, and everything in between. When I try to talk about my feelings, and how we can work this out, she tells me I am blame shifting to her and not taking accountability for my actions. I am never trying to hurt anyone, and I do not like fighting or yelling, I just want to talk amicably and in a calm manner with her but she goes straight to a 10. I ask if we can talk together and she tells me to leave her alone, we never get to the issue at hand, and I am always being roasted, I do not feel as if I can get a solid thought in because I get cut off and insulted. I tried to write down how I feel, and she dissects every sentence and word and tells me I am blaming her - all I want to do is tell her how I feel and how her actions are hurting me, but instead I am yelled at, disrespected, insulted and called very very bad names. Generally, there is a disagreement and miscommunication, and she takes it at face value, and I don't feel like she truly understands what I am trying to say, because it takes me time to formulate how I feel, and she goes off on her own tangent without giving me a chance to fully communicate my thoughts. She refuses to go to counseling, she has issues that she refuses to be seen for, refuses medication - and I support that, but I just want to talk like two adults, I can't deal with verbal abuse. My girlfriend screams at me in arguments, and insults me.. Breaks up with me? How do I handle this, what do I do? I would stay if she just took the time to talk over screaming.

Ok so yesterday i found a porn im my dad s gallery He is 55 years old(and that why im trigered af) my dad always telling me not to watch a porn but he himself did it:") He have a healty wife wich is my mother my mom is really healthy and ready to be ****** anytime Please help me im confused:"")

If a white 15 year old girl is missing, the whole nation is worried that they've been kidnapped. If a same-aged girl who is a minority is missing, people will more likely look into the possibility of: drugs, crime, child abuse, or getting CPS involved. They wouldn't consider those possibilities in the white girl UNLESS they've seen obvious signs of abuse/neglect. With children of color, they automatically consider those factors.

My mother is addicted to rx pills. I'm 20 years old and it started perhaps around 10 years ago, and now that I'm older I just can't handle it anymore. The only reason why I'm still here living with my family is to take care of my sis who just started HS - other wise she would be subjected to my mother's erratic dangerous behavior while high. She drives when she's like this and it's caused so many near accidents, and has left the stove on cooking multiple times cause she fell asleep. She sleeps for days at a time, and then is normal/ sober for a few days then repeat. She's not physically or verbally abusive, if she were sober she'd be the best mother I could ever ask for. I decided to call her by first name and not communicate with her anymore because every time I get.my hopes up I'll have a normal mom, then every single time I get disappointed. She's depressed, I know and realize that. And have told her many many MANY times in an understanding empathetic way that if she needs to see a doctor or therapist or anyone I will be there with her, I will set everything up, I love her and support her and will be there for her and with her through everything and it will be hard cause the easy thing to do would be to continue the addiction and every time she agrees but it's the same bs every time. So this time I'm done offering help. I can't help someone who doesn't want to change or puts no effort into it. My father is probably the cause of it (we do not communicate despite living together) he's been abusive (verbal and physical) to my mom ever since I was a baby. Cheating gambling the whole thing. Now my mom is depressed and addicted to drugs, and who has to care for EVERYTHING including my sister? ME. Is the best thing to do cut off ties with my mom? I've tried everything and for years and it's still the same and it's ruining my life. i have goals and plans but i feel stuck I know this is a toxic family, and that's why im still here, i dont want my sis to go through what i did and end up becoming bitter or without someone she can depend on and end up in the wrong crowd. not to mention, it's just dangerous leaving my mother alone. I just cant deal with this anymore. I want my mom to get help because i know she has depression, but i cant keep on making excuses and making myself suffer because she refuses to get help. what should i do?

When I was a high school freshman, I attacked this one girl in my class outside. I tackled her down to the ground and started biting on her. Did I wrestle this girl to the ground??

I am a senior in high school, about to graduate and my grades are hard to keep up. I recently got a bad grade up to passing and I am currently working on it but my dad still makes me feel like I'm not trying hard enough and keeps yelling at me even when I showed him I got it up. I feel like giving up just from him constantly yelling at me and making me feel worthless. Would you call it child abuse if my dad makes me want to stop trying at anything?

With a 50k household income, you can't afford to send more than 1 child to college. With a 70k household income, you can't afford to send more than 2 children to college. I know parents have to pay for living expenses and save up for their retirement, but college education is important. My family makes nearly 60k and I am an only child. They made too much money for me to qualify for grants and my grades weren't the scholarship type so they are currently paying my way through college and I am going to be a junior next semester. Imagine if they had 3 kids, I wouldn't be where I am right now. When I graduate, I will have only 15k in student loans. I feel blessed.

When I first thought of doing game design, I went to a 1-week summer class, and there, I designed a building. The only reason my dad supported game design was because it involves programming, so he thought I could get a career as a programmer. However, once I got into programming, I realized I hated it, and even prefer a 5-hour dentist appointment every day over working at a programming job. What I am interested is digital art (mainly animation and graphic design), but he keeps saying I won't be able to get a job, and that I have to be the best of the best in order to succeed. My dream is to do YouTube as a career, and I have a channel with about 2100 subs and 580k total views. It took off in late January, and from late January to today, I was able to grow my channel from 30 to 2100 subs, and that was with college and programming getting in the way. I make parodies, animations, and stream games. However, I know there is risk involved in that, and I know I need a backup plan. However, if I tell my dad about YouTube, he definitely won't support it, and I don't want my backup plan to be something that makes me miserable. I tried moving out, but he said that if I did, he'd humiliate me in front of my entire university, and make everyone think I'm a terrible person and completely kick me out of is life. Him pushing me into programming is just making me really depressed, and that's why my GPA isn't where it could be if I was in digital art. In case you're going to say, "Listen to your dad, he has more experience than you", here's what my dad (and some other parents) want their children to do: "Get a career that makes a lot of money, doesn't matter if you're miserable, if you hate your life. Just keep working so you can keep doing the same thing every day until you die". Also, I know of many people who are already full-time on YouTube, and even if I don't make it there, how are there not jobs with animation or graphic design? Do the animations and designs make themselves?

basically, i got a bad grade on a quiz (btw teacher said he d let me finish but he never did :/) and i was fixing it before school in his classroom this morning. then, when i got home, she yelled at me for it. what? can someone help pls? she always makes me seem like the bad person. counseling hasnt helped (went as a family, i wanted to go alone)

Hi, I'm turning 18 in November and I am already making plans to move out of my home to my University campus as soon as I complete my A.A. Degree. The thing is, my mom won't let me go. Now, before you say that I am going to be 18 and I'll have all the freedom and will to go anywhere I want, she constantly puts down my ideas of leaving and makes me scared of the real world. She says it will be hard for me to find a job and that it would be easier to live at home, but my University is an hour and 40 minutes away and she says that she'll DRIVE me there. I think she is scared because she believes that because my boyfriend will be moving on campus as well, that I will end up pregnant and single. What she doesn't know is how much I am willing to wait until I am married to have children. I don't know why she thinks so lowly of me, and it frustrates me how she discourages me and my dreams. This University is directly connected to my college and I am immediately admitted after graduation making me eligible for all opportunities, including housing. She doesn't believe that that is the case because she's "old-school" and that was not her experience while studying. Oh, can I also mention that she LIED and told me that my dad also didn't agree with the idea? I spoke to him and he said that I'm free to do as a please after graduation, and that he encourages my independence as a student. What can I do? I have been waiting for this moment and I don't want to be constantly harassed by her.

I know it sounds stupid, but I am breaking up with my so of 5 1/2 years tonight after I get off work. I have come to love his dad and step-mom, his half siblings and niece. They even told me to get rid of him as he is a complete slacker going no where, just like his mother. There is more to it than that but would take to long. Anyway I feel like I owe them an explanation after I dump him. They have been my family since my mom and granny died last year.