I seem to be rushed to grow up earlier than most kids. My mom prepared me for high school in 5th or 6th grades. While everyone was fixated on pre-teen struggles like friendship and puberty, I was expected to grow up and care about more adult-like things. My mom has been obsessed with college since I turned 14 - a year later, she expects me to figure things out early, prepare for my future education. I told her that I had 2-3 years left of high school, but she thinks I must prepare years earlier. Since then, she left it up to me to make most of my own decisions (unless by law, it's illegal for someone my age to be involved in activities or parents must be present/consent to it).

So, my mom and my dad are in a custody fight case over me, my nine year old sister, and my 15 year old sister. A gaurdian ad litem is coming over within the next week or so. I am 14. My dad wants full costudy and so does my mom. My dad only makes around 35,000 with taxes a year and my mom around 75,000. However, when they were still together, he only spent his money on watches and stuf for himself and never cleaned or made dinner or anything. My mom, on the other hand, did everything - made wonderful meals with every balanced with a startch, veggie, and protein. She alsospent an average of around 400 dollars a week on everything WE needed - she never ever spent money on herself. The court makes the entire living situation. My father lied to the court and said his watches were no more than about 5,000 dollars and about 12 watches. However, it's really about 50+ watches and my mom had recipts from only 22 and it was still 9,000 dollars. First of all, that is 10 more already watches than 12 and 4,000 more dollars than 5,000. Now, I love everyone equally and I hate making people upset. However, I believe it would be best if we lived with my mom because I am a great dancer who has been dancing now for 6.5 years and I also have an A average in 8th grade, and still, the classes I take are actually all freshman level. I care deeply about my grades and dance and I feel my mom's money would be able to allow my sisters and I have a more successful future. What should I do? Oh, and what should I expect from the guardian ad litem and may I tell them my dad lied? Also, do I have a right to choose whom I live with? Oh, and I am a boy.

So I went out at 3:30pm today and met up with my friend. We walked around alot, ate and then went to the park. We kinda lost track of time during our time there and I went home at 7:40pm. I was home at 8pm and when I got there my parents were pissed as hell. I told them I'm going out and they are still mad. They asked me why I didn't pick up the phone and I said that my batery died (it did) and that my friends phone is broken (it is). My dad said he's losing trust in me and I'm just like what? I'm 14 year old girl by the way. Do you think I did something wrong? Or are they overreacting? What should I do?

I was visiting my cousins (my mom's sister's children). They were showing the family picture album. It has pictures of my mom when she was young and was she ever beautiful. WOW. I told my aunt that I had never seen those pictures and I thought my mom in those pictures was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen. My aunt said "If you think she was beautiful then, let me show you some of national magazines she modeled for". Moms pictures in those magazines just blew me away. I had not idea mom had ever been a model. She had never told me about that? I ask my aunt if she could make me a copy of mom's pictures so I could put them on the wall in my room and she agreed to do so. Do you think my mom would have a problem with her daughter putting her mom's pictures on my room at home as I am so proud of her? Can anyone think of a reason mom never told her daughter she was a model and had appeared in national magazines?

There are some major differences between her and most 15 year olds. I'd say she doesn't behave like grown adults either. She still behaves like a teenage girl a lot, although in a more mature way. She wouldn't be doing the exact same things and figuring the same things out as them, but similarly enough to see the resemblance. It's like my sister is still a kid sometimes.

We broke up and when I tried going back(6 months ago) he said he wouldn't forgive me for saying something about his mom when he said something to mine first(idiotic).I didn't chase him. We ran into eachother one day i expected him to ignore but he smiled and said hi.Now he keeps looking at me, making eye contact and i caught him looking at me sneakily through the door crack. He's started coming out about the same time as I do and he said hi hesitantly and smiling. Few Sundays ago I was going down the stairs and he was behind me. He was "on the phone" saying he was leaving church and would call back which wasn't necessary since church was already over. I feel like he did it so I'd know he was behind me. We walked next to eachother he smiled and said how are you. We had a few exchanges and I asked him about his sick brother. The following week he didnt show himself inside church(he's a deacon) as I was leaving he was behind me going down the stairs. I turned around just saw a glimpse of him and turned back around didn't say hi.The following week he kept constantly staring at me in church today we crosses eyes but no smiling, it's weird cause he seems to have this serious face on (idk it's weird cause if we talked already then he should smile, but I"m serious too).What does all this mean?

I'm 27 and while growing up my mom would lie, call me ugly, put me out as a teen. She really tore me up. Since growing up I've tried to be at peace with her but it's weighing me down. She never admit her wrongs. But every single time she calls me it's about money. Every time I see her it's about money. At the end of the day all of that money adds up and it's the fact that every time I see my mom money comes up. She's married and her and her husband lives with friends. She hasn't worked since I was probably 15. I can see her she'll need gas money, phone bill paid, food to eat, bills paid. Then the next day it's someth else then so on. She'll call nonstop and text while I'm working saying it's an emergency and call her I'd call and she's asking for money saying their car broke down or needs an tire. She lies about her health to get money, just anything. If I buy anything for my self I have to hide it. I live with my Dad and his wife at the moment but thinking of buying a home in a different state just to get away and catch a breath. She'll go as far to ask for my change out of my purse. I love my mom but I can't take care of her as I'm trying to figure life out and take care of myself! Any advice?! I just feel like I need to move away to be happy

I make only 19.52 an hour. Work 30 hours a week. About to graduate with a medical degree and am not some felon or man who creates bastard children. Was rooming with friends and it was a cool experience. As for maturity is concerned, I have a learning disability that not many could understand. As far as women go, I'm straight but also gave up on tryibg to be a man they want. Gave that up at 27. Now I just be me and continue to do so when I move back out. I made it this far without having a girl in my life and am doing pretty good. Thank God for ps4 and sci fi shows of the 60s and 80s.

Before you say "Just attend." Nope, theres no way you can convince me. It's because of my Chronic Anxiety, and I know you people invalidate it too much as to reason why, but it is a mental and real disorder, I can't control it, it's a chemical that literally exist inside human brains. Sorry I became all science talk lol. It's just that I don't want to get an "invalidation" by any of you because my mental illness get invalidated here often at home so. Just give me ideas on how do I approach and convince my mom to not let me go to the graduation day.

I saw the ring on her finger I almost cried out of happiness but she denied it when I know for a fact

I just got home from taking my son to his friends house. Since it was warm out and I did not get out of my car and was only gone for about 45 minutes I just drove in my bare feet and did not bring my shoes.

So my little brother that's 17 has been acting a little disrespect truly abd bad mouthing our parents. He says he doesn't care because he's going to move out when he turns 18 next month. My older sister that's 24 was around when he disrespected my mom. Again so she she scold him and they started to argue and then she pushed him from what I heard and that's when they fought. My older brothers (15 and 22) tried break those two up. My mom cried telling me all this. I was at work I'm a 20 year old male. I dont know why everyone looks at me to solve these problems but I can't believe he fought her. We never would fight our sister as she's s girl maybe play fight every now and then. I'm thinking how should I discipline him when I see him?

I got kicked out yesterday for accidentally saying **** in my parents house(they are strict to a extreme). So I am currently at a cheap hotel rn. I only have $700 to my name and no car. I do have a job making $11 an hour. I also have grandparents that might put up with me till I save enough for my own place. What would you do in my situation? Thanks in advance for all the help! If anyone had a similar experience please share what you did!

My oldest sister came in the kids room when I was in here by myself raising her voice at me and screams thinking she could do and say whatever she wants to me. Provoking me and yelling at me and threatening to slap me. when she offered to let me stay here to help her and the kids out. she was getting all up in my face telling me to go back to my dads house and told me to shut the f up and to shut up. I don't know why she's crazy. She's psycho and needs help and needs to go to jail for even saying and threatening to slap me. I wish I could tell my dad and my other older sister so that she can get slapped and yelled at. I wouldn't just argue and fight with anyone or threaten them. I'll never be like her. should I tell my dad? She's a b word and I wish nothing but bad things for her for the way she treats me different and everyone else better. I don't see or hear her yelling at or threatening anyone else. What's her problem? She needs to check herself before she wrecks herself and gets karma and I'll be laughing.

So a long lost cousin (yes the family was able to verify he is related to us) came to us a couple or so years ago and he wanted to create a relationship with the family, as he claimed he's estranged from all of his family. Our family relationship has been going on for 2 or so years. He would always answer calls or text as soon as he could and we understand when someone is busy, especially when they like to camp and hike. Last time we saw him was Christmas of 2017, but now no one can contact him in any way by e-mail, phone, or text since. He does not have social media (that we know of) so that's not an option. The whole family is worried if something has happened to him or if he decided to drop the family for some unknown reason. My mother has gotten so worried she checks obituaries of the city he lives in, but nothing pops up. We just honestly want to get answers, but don't know how to find him or get him to respond? Any ideas? He's in his late 50s or over 60 around the age of my parents, he's retired so does not work. No, he has not moved or his car would not be in the driveway when we stopped by his house to check on him (with no response). Any ideas on how to contact him? If it continues and there's no signs of him being missing or dead, we'll leave him alone, since it may be what he wants (but we don't know because he won't tell us.) Thanks for any ideas.

My stepson says weird things for example he told my cousin when I was in the restroom a few days ago that he wished he had a camera to take pictures of me while I went to go to the bathroom then he said he was just joking and then he followed that up with I told my brothers all the time that I will take a picture of them when go to the bathroom. The day after that he came out of the bathroom showing his butt to his brothers is there something wrong with him do you think or is this normal behavior ?

I'm 15 and I hate my parents they are very stupid, okay so I have been skateboarding since I was 9 and it's my life, I want to drop out of school and just skateboard with my friends, they don't understand that I don't care about school anymore. My neighbors have been complaining about me skateboarding because they say "All we hear is you skateboarding" and they say things like "he thinks he owns the street". No one understands that this is my life, now my parents took it away from me and I am depressed. What should I do? Who sounds right here? I hate them they are ruining my life they are fat and cheap.

My daughter looks older for her age, this boy is overly interested in her. A couple of months passed by, he admitted to having sexual desires. He hasn't committed an actual crime, but the age difference is big and he might be at risk of doing something. He is well aware that this is a 6th grader he is communicating with. This guy will not give up trying to get my daughter to give him a chance, and gives her "lessons" on sexual topics. I have alerted all family members and keeping my children far away from him. My method of protecting her may or may not work.

The boy is 16 and the girl is 14. They are set to be by themselves for a whole week while the mom is on a business trip.

My parents even though they were poor decision to have 2 kids. I was raised in the hood, it's hard when you're being raised tough neighborhoods. Being an impressionable kid (as most kids are) I was surrounded by thugs, drug users, gang members. The school I went to didn't have many recourses, the education wasn't that great. And if I ever needed extra help it's not like my parents had money for a tutor. I started high school, I wanted to join the basketball team. However, I needed money to buy the equipment and a ride but my parents didn't have money for equipment, and they didn't have a car, or gas money for I can pay someone for a ride. If I got a park time job I wouldn't have time for the basketball team and homework so that would be counterproductive. Then in 10th grade when I wanted to join vo-tech for healthcare but dad abandoned us, which forced us to move to an even poorer neighborhood, new school that didn't have vo-tech, even tougher neighboorhood. Eventually, I started doing bad at school, getting into fights, drugs, crime, I barely graduated high school but with no sense of direction or good education. And I was already stuck in the criminal life and it took me a few years to get out of it. On some level is it my parent's fault for having kids even though they were poor in a bad neighborhood? Do poor parents who do this set their kids up for failure? Sometimes I resent my parents for their decision of having kids when they are so unprepared.

I'm a teenage girl with Asperger's, and my 10 year old brother is adopted. My mom reminds him that he's no different, just as loved very often. She brings the reminders up frequently every time they discuss his adoption. When I bring up questions or Asperger's, she does the same. Sometimes she doesn't answer them all clearly, but keeps saying that I'm just a normal 15 year old girl who happens to have autism, which makes me a little different but it's okay. It seems as if our mother doesn't particularly like the questions, and keeps reminding us of this instead.

So my dad and step mom switched to Sprint last week and they got 3 free phones when they switched. My little sister got an Samsung galaxy S8+ and i didn't get one at all. She is only 4 and in my opinion, she should've gotten one of their old phones like I did when i was her age. She also gets anything she wants from any store in the mall and i only get 10 things per trip because they have to save money even though my sister gets stuff that's $75 and up. Any advice?

My brother is 19 years old. He still lives at home but he has a job. He's really close to my dad and that's the reason he is still living at home. So, about a month ago me and my other brother and my mom convinced my brother to check himself into a mental institution. My dad found out and went crazy but we convinced him to let him stay. He stayed for about a week and then decided he wanted to come home because he missed my dad so he went through the process of trying to leave and he was released. I am worried because my brother does things that are extremely dangerous. He's not himself when he does them and he passes out and doesn't remember what happens. A while ago he ran at my brother with a knife and attempted to stab him and we asked him why he did it and he said he didn't remember. He also has gotten into a physical fight with my mom and we had to pry him off of her. Despite all of this, my father won't have him committed and my mom has moved out because she didn't want to deal with it anymore. It's all so hectic and I don't know how to deal with it.

My mother is WAY too obsessive over my brother. Almost Bates Motel weird. He is 18 years old (graduate HS in May). Last year he expressed to me that he is tired of it but does not know what to do. Example, she does not let him clip his own fingernails?? I mean what the hell. Sometimes when I visit, I hear him ask if he can have a snack? She talked him out of going on a date I set up for him a few months ago (he is very shy and sheltered bc of her) He went to Florida for his spring break this year & my mom ALMOST WENT WITH HIM!? The only reason she did not is because I called my aunt that lives in the city he was visiting so she would call my mom and assure her if he needs anything (emergency) she will be there for my brother. Once he went on the trip she texted him almost every hour. He has stood up to her multiple times but nothing changes. If he stands his ground too much she punishes him by with holding allowance or threatens not to help with college. I told her she needs to stop this, it is mentally damaging him as an adult. I told my father yet he does nothing about it to stop her. I'm guessing my father does not want to deal with her attitude. She does not like me whatsoever, verge of narcissistic towards me and has done strange things towards me, but NEVER anything like this. I don't know what to do as I am 25 and living with my husband and child I am not there to defend him nor should have to. Is there something else other than him moving out that would help?

-im a 15 year old girl -my dad used to be an alcoholic, still struggles with alcoholism, has cerosis and diabetes -me and my mom don't know what to do -my dad won't stop, should we call the police? -how do we get my dad caught and to stop, we don't know where his pills are being hidden -we do not feel safe, scared to file for divorce since we don't have anywhere to go update- when i say illegally, i mean he got the meds in mexico and it it illegal here in the us w/o prescription and my dad doesn't have a xanax prescription

I am 38 years old woman. I have one son 16 years old. My son was diagnosed with severe autism 4 years ago and epilepsy a year ago. Soon after that husband of 13 years left. I have master degree in mathematics and work as investment banker in Singapore. Since I have left my job n decided to move back home Canada to get more help with my son in terms of health care. I have two older sisters 43,41 years old and they never worked in their life, my brother 39 never worked too and they r all married to men who don't work. When I went to Toronto, I told my mom I will stay with her few weeks till I find place to rent. My mother was very aggressive with my son and she doesn't even say hello to him whole day, whenever my sisters kids visit she's happy talking to them. One of my so called sister started screaming at me out of nowhere, she said look at ur son how he is disabled it is all because of u, u might be investment banker but I am better parent than u because my kids are not disabled. My mother said the same and started screaming at me, they both called me Whore and call girl. From what I have gathered they see I am in need of them and their true colors has come out. I called a taxi, booked a hotel and left with my son. Practically I'm homeless now looking for place to rent. The neurologist doctor said my son shouldn't eat outside food. Life is really tough right now.

When I have done some research my Mom seems to meet quite a few criteria for being narcissistic. One big one is that because I had a stroke She has actually yelled at me that I ruined HER life and that no one pays attention to Her. She makes me feel like a burden, often threatens punishment if I don't do what She wants me to, and as recently as today acted like I made a big mess when I knocked a ziplock bag box onto the floor by accident.

i don't want to be me anymore. I don't want to have this problem that makes my pull the hair from the head and my eyes my legs my under arm my eyebrows anymore. I can't stop. It won't let me. I get closer and closer and then I play a wrong move and everything goes back to the start. I'm giving up. I want to die. But I don't. I'm scared to call the sucicde hot line bc I'm going to kill my self but I can rn. I can rn if I want to. do I call them. I want to tell my mom how I feel but she's to worried about other things and my father. My sister is just an complete *** and say oh well. my friends will miss me and my family too. but what if it's just to much for me? I don't want to face highschool and being judged and asked why I don't have eyelashes. or being told I'm the emo kid. or not being those other girls. the ones with great clothes great nails great laughs while my laugh is like a donkey and how my back arches weirdly and how my clothes never look good and how my skinny frame csnr hold anything up. how I only have 2 friends but I only talk to one really. it'd be easy if I was dead but I'm to scared to kill myself. I'm not good enough:( I don't want to tell my parents about what goes on my head bc ik they will say I'm fine and I just have to exercise and be off my phone and Ben out of my room. Then I'll be happy. ik they will say that. They will treat me differently if I tell them. I don't want to tell them but I do. what do I do :(

I can't explain why but I don't like calling him "dad", it just never transitioned well. I'd rather call him "father" but he would hate me for that. (I think the reason for this is bc we have a really dysfunctional relationship and I don't actually feel like a daughter to him, but that's a long story). Is there something I could call him that's not too formal/informal??

My mother put me through 6 or 8 different therapists since I was bullied in High School. From my perspective, I keep trying to explain to her the American medical + psychiatric establishment is a complete joke. All it does is pit people against each other. It costs an exorbitant amount, offers wrong diagnosis half the time, many doctors are foolishly arrogant and ride people off. It even got to the point where I felt I needed a therapist to get over the therapists. Your thoughts?