I only hear about foster kids on the news, and people who say they once were online. I don't know anyone in foster care when it comes to real life. There's 1,500 or more students at my high school.

My father hits me, talks down to me, cusses at me, and has threatened me with physical harm. I want to call CPS but I'm afraid of what will happen to me and my brother. I have heard from people who have been in foster homes that they are horrible, I'm afraid for me and my brothers safety and I don't want to put us in worse situation than the one we're in. I have relatives whom I might be able to live with. What will happen if I report my father to CPS?

My older sister comes into my room at the beginning of the day and goes on the computer to play games with her friends for the entire day and I'm not kidding when I say that. I like my privacy but it's literally impossible in my room. The computer can't be moved out because the wifi cords are in there and the computer has to be connected to it. Plus there's no where to put it even if I could move it out. My house is pretty tiny and it has 3 bedrooms. I've talked to her about it multiple times but she just gets mad at me and then goes and pouts to her friends on her laptop. She can play the game on her laptop but only if she gets more storage for it or something and she's had it for like half a year. She shares a room with my oldest sister but there's already a computer in there that my oldest sister is on literally constantly and there's no room for another computer plus my mom wouldn't pay for it, my sister doesn't care she likes invading my privacy I guess, and I only get $50 a month in allowance I barely have enough money for myself. I've also talked to my mom about it and she just says "oh I'm sorry" or something, she doesn't care. I'm really super tired of this it's extremely invasive, I'm one who needs personal space and this is definitely not that. I feel like it's not even my room anymore it's just public property. If anyone has suggestions it would be greatly appreciated, this has been going on for half a year now and i don't want it to stop I NEED it to stop.

I want to build a relationship with my Dad, But he doesn't want me to spend the weekend or do anything with me. He picks me up every Sunday noonish and we Eat, And watch a movie. Then drops me off.

My mom was married to my step dad when I was between the ages of 12-16, I am 20 now. We were always close. After my mom and him got divorced he moved back to his home country of Australia. But we kept in touch. We skyped and we text via email and messenger and yes we did start flirting....About 7 months ago he came to visit his son with another women he was once married. We went for dinner and then we went back to my apartment and has sex. We had sex pretty much the whole 2 weeks he was here. He is know back in Australia but we are still keeping in touch. He wants to be with me and even offered to move back to the US. He runs an international business from home so he can live pretty much anywhere. I havent told any of my friends or family and i know they will not back me on this....But is this wrong? I know its not illegal but some would think its wrong but I am not sure how.

I'm about to graduate from nursing school this semester! :D well since I got accepted into the nursing program my family has been saying things like "I can't wait until you graduate so you can pay for this and that" or my mom with the "you'll have to give me a monthly allowance for birthing you". For example, medical bills, food, rent, cars, every time they'll buy something they'll say that remark. I know i'll have a career and all, but it won't make me instantly rich. I have a daughter, I pay rent and car, etc. I have bills it is not much money that I'm spending since I only work as a tutor and live in not the best apartment. But after graduating I plan to move to a better apartment...

I went down to tell my mother what the people typed in the comment in yahoo news... and my mother then mentioned about my past and insulted me... I didn't bring up about her past mistakes a lot of time. But when I brought up "You should've not married my dad at age 17, eloping, he wouldn't beat you up and gave you a child like me". She continued to insult me... over and over again... Argument everyday.

I'm 15, I hate going to my father's house (he's emotionally abuse, an alcoholic, a "recovering" heroin addict yet he denies he's addicted to other drugs... and so many other things) My mom says I shouldn't have to see him, but he constantly tries to make me go over there. He spams us with messages at odd hours of the night and doesn't leave us alone. They are divorced btw. But anyway, he was yelling at me and I was done with it. I ignored him until I went home. I went home and he texted me asking something like "What did I do wrong? Why do you hate me so much?" So I sent him a looooong message, telling him everything that he's done. And he responded with something like "You can't talk to me like that!! I'm your father!!" And I told him, just because he got his sperm into my mother on Valentine's Day, doesn't make him my father. He tells me I know nothing about parenting, and I told him I could raise a kid from my age of 15 better than him as he raised his kids starting in an adult life. He texts my mother and is like "I can't believe you let her speak to me that way!!!! You're more of a friend than a parent!!" And then, he says "I have some 'items' I could bring in to this." And my mom yanked her phone away from me. Later she told me he has nude pictures of her. He started trying to blackmail my mother into making me go to his house. I need help getting away from him forever. He emails my therapist almost every day, trying to convince my therapist to make me go over there.

Here's why they have lived with me before they are dirty and they left because they didn't like my rules. I was charging them 325 for a room which is cheap in our area very cheap. My husband needs his nephew to help at work that's is why he wants them to come stay with us but I moved my house is small and idk if I could deal with more people in house and honestly I like my private space which is my home and I don't feel it's okay that I have to give up my sons room for them. What u guys think?

I'm not trying to be dumb, I know it's not actually in America, but I think it's close, so would it be classed as the United States?

Teens only. Be honest! Do you like it when they kiss you? Or do you feel embarrassed? For those who find it embarrassing, what does your parents say or think about it, do they understand or do they get angry? Is it abnormal for a teen to not like it when their parents kiss them? Best answer = 10 points!

My parents are divorced and my dad wants my sister and I to get an app that parents for him while he s away with his girlfriend for hours. The app tracks our location, activity, and even if our phones are charging. We haven t been caught doing anything bad, so why doesn t he trust us? And why does he feel the need to track our every move?

My parents got divorced about a year ago. I've always had a close relationship with both of them but after the divorce my dad moved about 25 minutes away completely opposite of where my school and job is so i rarely go there anymore. After about 2 months after he moved out he started bringing around a woman with no explanation. She went to everything and I never got to see my dad by himself or spend time with him alone. She goes to all of our family events as well. I don't have any reason not to like her but i don't want to get to know her or be around her. I've talked to my dad about this multiple times and he still keeps bringing her everywhere and she doesn't acknowledge me pretty much every time. I don't even know what I'm feeling but i feel hurt because it feels like he doesn't care about my feelings. 2 months wasn't enough time for me to get over the divorce. I'm 18. Someone please give me advice on what to do.

I am 14 and I have very old parents, my father is 70 and my mother is 56, that's probably why they are so boring. My dad is retired and he just sits at home all day reading newspapers or watching tv, my mom just works all day and comes home and puts make up on and then watches tv, she spends so much time putting make up on even though she's just staying at home. That's pretty much what they do everyday, they just sit down and watch tv, they are lazy. They never like to do anything fun, I am home all day because we never go anywhere, the only place where we go is the grocery store... how boring. We have never actually went somewhere as a family before, whenever I tell them this they get defensive. I hate them so much, they think I'm the problem. Who sounds like the problem me or them? Don't you agree that they are stupid and boring?

My younger brother is entering his teen years and already he's become a horrible person. He's rude to everyone he talks to. That includes myself, my parents and his friends. He has a bad attitude constantly. He's told me many times how ugly and stupid I am and how I have no friends. He's also become quite selfish. He will grab a drink he knows I got for myself and will drink all of it without giving another thought. I tried to write my name on stuff but I got in trouble with my parents. He stays up very late every night playing video games with the sound blaring and him yelling. The worst part is, my parents won't do anything. They yell at him sure and tell him he's not being a good person but that does nothing. He made my mother cry then asked her why the heck she was crying in a very rude tone. They also let him "buy" everything he wants. He rarely buys it himself and my parents end up buying it for him. This includes 110 dollar shoes and a 450 dollar baseball bat in a span of one week. They just don't discipline him therefore when he gets in trouble at school it's never his fault. There's a lot wrong with my brother and it doesn't seem like anyone does anything. I try to tell my parents how horrible he's behaving but they get mad at me for talking bad about him. I don't want to see him turn into one of those jerks in high school that has a new girl each week and parties all the time. At this rate that's where he'll be. Is this normal behavior or is my brother a jerk?

Omfg I can't even fart in my room where I'm alone. She keeps walking in every five minutes just to tell me that I'm 'disgusting and unladylike' and she tells me that I'm supposed to go to the bathroom if I need to fart. I don't get it though, if the smell bothers her so much, why does she have to keep walking in there to tell me it stinks? Why can't she just mind her own f*cking business? Every time I ask her that she just says she's trying to 'teach me manners because girls aren't supposed to do that'. What should I tell her whenever she keeps responding with that kind of bs?

My dad and I were super close for many years because we agreed on all kinds of things and I wanted to be some big scientist and I was insanely smart. But now that I ve gotten older I feel like everything I do is a dissapointment. I started drifting away from science and started liking hunting and fishing more, after this started I changed my dream job to police officer and I have been working towards that and now me and my dad disagree on everything. But the worst is he loves my little brother sooo much and my little brother is tough and we wrestle all the time when my parents aren t home but when my dads around if I flick him he starts fake crying and I get in a ton of trouble and when something happens to him my dad asks me what did you do to him? Like I can t believe I m in here and he fell off his bike outside and your gonna ask me what did I do to him? Seriously, and my little brother when he makes something my dad thinks it is so amazing and when I do something he has a dissapointed look on his face I don t know what to do but it seems whatever I do is wrong.

So me and my cousin(a) are going to move out of state soon. Her sister (cousin B) has a son who is 12. He is very smart and understands the whole thing, he wants to move with us. The reason being he does not want to be around his little brother or her husband(he s horrible to her and the kids but she won t leave him no matter what we say) He is doing bad in school and stays in his room all day. He loves his mom a lot but doesn t want to be near his brother and step dad. Does he have any say or rights? Cousin a (his aunt) is willing to take him with us and care for him but his mom cousin b isn t letting him. Also, when she was younger her mom had her sister and she hated her. Her mom let her move with her aunt because of it. But she won t do the same for her kid.. any advice?