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Question: I have a 16 year old that wants to move out and had been causing a lot of problems at home with our other children. He does not do anything to help out at home and has been caught smoking pot many times. He only goes to school when he wants to and will not get a job. He has no respect for anyone and it is affecting the other children in a negative way. What can we do to get him out of the house or away from our other children?

Answer: Legally the child is your responsibility until he is 18. If you want the child out of the house you may consider putting him in a treatment center for the drugs, or sending him to a school that is strong on discipline. The only other way to get him out of the house would be to have another member of your family take him in. Family counseling may also be a good option at this point.

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On 10/23/08
Run from Othr said:
so im 16, and i live with my dad. for several months now our relationship has gone south. i feel threatend and scared in my own home and i dont know what to do. i really want to move in with my mom but im not sure how to go about it, so i ran away. now my dad is slandering me and telling the police, my friends, thier parents, and my school that i ran because i was smoking pot and stealing his car. that is not true at all and now im even more scared to go home, if anyone knows what i should do
On 10/19/08
Paige from Othr said:
I am only 13. my life sucks completly. because my mother has left me to my father who i have not seen in over eight years. she has gone off with her new boyfriend and his children and his family. i live with my father and it is horrible. we dont get along. i want to move out and live with my sister or my friends family who i have known my entire life. but i am only 13. what should i do and can i move out?
On 09/30/08
brando from Othr said:
Hi My name is Brandon and i just want to move OUT of my parents house life @ home can sometimes be horrible can I move out if they don`t mind at all? IF you have an answer can you post
On 08/14/08
Momoko from NY said:
I'm 16 as well and I'm bi. My mom just learned that I am and now she's doing everything possible to ruin my life even more and keeps telling me how I'll burn in hell for this sin and how I'm so discusting for being this way..she's mentally unstable and she's never loved me and always found ways to hurt me.  Please, is there anyway I can get out of this house?! Anyway possible to get away....I don't care anymore where I go, I just want out for gods sake......*sighs*. If anyone can help me please try to.....maybe I will run away...or..
On 07/31/08
Kylie from PA said:
My boyfriend is 16 years old. He lives with his mother and his siter and for his entire life he's had to take care of them both, money and physical wise. Just today he broke his finger and his mother refuses to take him to the ER because she's to busy getting ready for her party at their house on saturday. He said he hated her and now he's grounded and tomorrow is our 1 year. I'm so sick of the way she treats him. Is there anyway he can move out with paper work and live with his grandmother?
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