Re: child divorcing parents

From: Happy Stepmom
Conditions of use: accepted & agree
Date: 06 Dec 2003
Time: 21:02:12
Remote Name: 64.53.241.32

Comments

Peanut, I'm sorry you are having problems with your parents, but first, this board is for adults who can not legally or morally advise minors in actions against their parents, especially not without knowing all the circumstances. This has been addresed a number of times on these boards and if you read the "conditions of use" policy of this board, any adult who does, also assumes all legal, civil, and/or criminal culpability. Criminal charges could include contributing to the delinquency and/or corruption of a minor. Second, don't you know better than to correspond off the board with adults who are strangers? No responsible adult would or should do that with a minor, and if any adult should take you up on your offer to e-mail you and engage in private correspondence, you'd better question their motivation. You do understand what a cyber predator is, don't you? This is what you are inviting by posting your e-mail on this board and should you not be doing so. If this is not something you understand, then I have to ask if this is also the reason why you are having problems with your parents. Almost everyone fights with their parents at the age of 16, and as far as divorcing them? If you're hoping for emancipation? Not likely! Emancipation generally only occurs with the consent of your parents! If you can't get along with your parents and it gets so bad to the point that a judge has to resolve your differences, that judge is most likely going to send you to foster care, or, if you also have problems with school and/or with the law, you could be sent instead to a juvenile facility, where they will keep you until you reach the age of majority, and don't even count on them letting you go then! Yes, there have been a few, very few, cases where a child is able to divorce their parents, but not because they don't get along with them! It is applicable primarily in scenerios where, say you have been very successful as a child actor (actresss) and made lots of money, which your parents, as your guardians hold for you in trust, but instead have been spending and/or mismanaging your money, your schooling, and/or your acting career. In this case a divorce MIGHT be applicable to enable someone else to manage your money/schooling/career, but normal, everyday Kids? No, it just doesn't work that way. If it was that easy, practically every teenager on the planet would just rebel and fight with their parents until they got to move out! Feelings of depression are normal at your age, and, if you're feeling suicidal? Counseling doesn't work all by itself. It only happens if YOU make it happen! Do your parents attend counseling sessions with you? Do they want to? Do you want them to? How hard are you trying? If you REALLY can't stand it at home, and are getting abused, then how about asking your parents to send you away to a military school or boot camp? Ifit's as bad as you say, you should welcome the chance to get out and go anywhere, even to boot camp or military school. If the answer to that question is, no, because what you want is to get your own apartment, then sorry, you're just not going to get what you want. I'm sorry that you're unhappy and also sorry if you don't like my answer, but what I'm giving you is the reality of life, and if you're not able or ready to handle that, then you're definitely not ready to handle the reality of life on your own!

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