I have 4 cousins (2 on each side). I'm 13, and the ones on my dads side are a 26 year old woman and her brother who must be like 22 (never see him). I've seen all my 3 cousins recently and they are talked about, But my cousin Michael is not talked about. Last time anyone spoke about him they said he lives somewhere with his girlfriend and they both have jobs. Haven't even like spoke to him since i was like 7/8 although he appeared at my aunt's wedding 2 years ago. I text and call my other cousins but I don't have his number or hear from him, and I don't even see his mum or sister talk of him. Did he forget about us?? Did we forget about him?

My Dad is an alcoholic so we only see him once a year and because of this my mother won't speak to us. My brother is in jail and my parents got us estranged as kids from the extended family and they haven't been receptive to my efforts to reach out as an adult. My sister sees us occasionally but complains about family the whole time and my other sister had her own kids taken from her so I wouldn't get my son too close to her. My brother is in prison on child sex abuse charges and I will never let my child near him and my other brother committed suicide before my son was born. So how do I teach him about family? He is an only child and his father asked for a divorce when he was 5 and has not bee in in his life since (despite me asking him to be). His family doesn't make any contact and is similarly dysfunctional to mine though not as bad. Please help?

Last night my step-dad and his biological son (16y/o) got into a pretty heated argument as usual and it got physical, also not uncommon. But at some point his dad decided that he needed to restrain his son and literally tied him to his bed by his wrist and ankles and then spent the next hour yelling, lecturing and belittling him. Then he just left and went to bed, I felt bad so I untied him and that was the end of it at that point but the next morning it started back up again with the yelling and arguing (no physical fight this time but it did get pretty intense). Then my step-brother just went out for a run. This was one of many cases where similar stuff happens where they get into an argument. Then it turns physical, then my step-dad keeps going and belittling him. When I try to speak to my mom about it she says that just how he deals with his son and that it's not our business. Knowing that my step-dad has a short temper. I sometime gets into little arguments with him too but usually he just calls my mom on me when he gets too fed up. With my step-brother my mom says "He was raising him long before we got involved'. When I try to talk to my step-brother he acts like everything is fine and that its not a big deal. Like I'm overreacting. Maybe I am, but I am strongly against bullying especially some of the fights they've gotten into. What should I do? My mom keeps telling me to stay out of it but I feel bad not doing or saying anything.

Uncle is an alcoholic, aunt will scream at him the whole time, grandfather will bark about politics while grandmother doesn't know my name due to Alzheimers and bites people. The other uncle curses left and right at his kids and to fit in my Mom (it is her family) acts really strict with us when she is not in real life. They all discuss what a loser my Dad is and how I can't see him because he is an alcoholic when actually my Mom's family is far more toxic. I come away upset. How do I get out of this when I am only 13 and can't stay home alone. If I have to go how to I handle it so it is not a disasterous day.

I think i need to shave below but im afraid to tell my dad because its going to be very awkward so what should i do? He already told me like 2 years ago that sooner or later i will have to