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tracy6789
Member # 30735
posted 09-13-2006 03:23 PM
I know this is double posting, but this is urgent and the Scarleteen staff can take a few hours, and i want some of your adivce as well as theirs, so im sorry. My friend is being abused, my parent wont help, and im scared that if I tell ill lose my best frined
stacey
Member # 30608
posted 09-13-2006 03:29 PM
hey i know u think that by telling you will loose ur best friend but u wont!!! u r helping her!!! maybe for a lil while she may not understand y u told when u said u wudnt but deep down she is gonna be happy that she is safe!! is it by someone she lives with? if so n she really wont let u tell anyone maybe she could stay at your house until you can sort out what to do? am not sure how old u r but maybe u could talk to a teacher or a family friend that could help you both understand wat to do next? i no that this is gonna seem so scary atm but it is for the best that this is stopped? n now? i will stay on here n keep checking on u good luck love stace xxx
tracy6789
Member # 30735
posted 09-13-2006 03:32 PM
She is being abused by he parents. When she didn;t do her homeowrk they threw her out of the computer chair, kicked, and started beating her with a water bottle. I am only thirteen, so I dont think she can stay here. She wont call child seervices, and I proomised I wouldnt tell. I dont know whether to tell any of my teachers or not.
stacey
Member # 30608
posted 09-13-2006 03:44 PM
do u have a particular teacher that you could talk to? or a family member maybe an aunt that you could talk with? if she is being physically abused then it cant carry on, does she have anyone else she could live with? not only is it physcial but its emotional too, deep down she must want the help otherwise she wouldnt have spoken to u love stace xxx
tracy6789
Member # 30735
posted 09-13-2006 03:54 PM
She keps thinking about running away to her grnadmas, but if she did- she doesn't have enough of a backbone to come clean and she'll be marked as a runaway and "punished" more.
stacey
Member # 30608
posted 09-13-2006 04:02 PM
could she not write a letter sayin what is happening at home and why she isnt happy, then go to her grandma's and give her the letter? that way the abuse can be dealt with and if nerves get the better of her she can just give grandma the letter? u say run away is it far to grandma's house? love stace xxx
stacey
Member # 30608
posted 09-13-2006 04:05 PM
could she not write a letter sayin what is happening at home and why she isnt happy, then go to her grandma's and give her the letter? that way the abuse can be dealt with and if nerves get the better of her she can just give grandma the letter? u say run away is it far to grandma's house? love stace xxx
tracy6789
Member # 30735
posted 09-13-2006 04:09 PM
I'm not really sure. Shes been planniing to run away 4 EVAH!! but what if she gets kidnapped, caught, raped.........
stacey
Member # 30608
posted 09-14-2006 03:09 AM
hey am really sorry my internet crashed last night i dont fully understand what you mean by run away? does her grandma lives very far away, how would she get there? can she not ring her grandma and ask her to visit or send her a letter is there no one at school you can talk to love stace xxx
logic_grrl
Member # 8067
posted 09-14-2006 09:44 AM
If she's the same age as you, she's not going to be able to just move out and live with her grandma (or anyone else) without her parents' permission - they can report her as a runaway and get her brought back. However, if child protective services get involved, they can try to help, either by working with her family to get them to stop the abuse or finding her somewhere safe to live if that doesn't work. I know it's a big step, but it sounds like some pretty major physical abuse is going on here. Do you have a family member or teacher you could talk to about this?
tracy6789
Member # 30735
posted 09-20-2006 09:02 AM
The thing is, I knoiw her mom is abusing her. I KNOW THIS FOR A FACT!!!! But yesterday I saw her and she said her moms the bomb.
stacey
Member # 30608
posted 09-20-2006 11:41 AM
i have seen your reply about your teacher its so unfortuante that someone could not follow this up for you, is there another teacher you could talk to? or perhaps the school nurse? love stace xxx