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Question: !!!PLEASE HELP!!!!! MY PARENTS ARE GOING TO SEND ME TO BOOT CAMP FOR NO REASON MY MOM AND DAD BOTH HIT ME AND I DID PUSH MY MOM 1 TIME THATS ALL SO SHE CAN STOP HITTING ME WITH MY DAD HE PUNCH ME SO I JUST BEAR HUG HIM IS THERE ANY WAY FOR ME TO GET OUT OF THIS FAMLIY AND LIVE BY MY OWN I DO MAKE MONEY I SELL HIP HOP BEATS (MAKE GOOD MONEY )I DO TAKE PILLS FOR MY BYPOLER SIN-DRUM CAN MY PARENTS USE THAT SO I CAN'T GET AWAY FROM THIS FAMLIY AND ALSO MY MOM DOES TAKE HEAVY MED. !!!PLEASE HELP!!!!!

Answer:

If you are being physically abused, you need to call the police (911) and Child Protective Services at 1-800-767-2445.  You can also contact the Children's Law Center on-line.

If there is any other family members or friends' families you can stay with, have them contact the Children's Law Center at 602-258-3434 x 266.

To answer your question about living on your own, see the Law for Kids section on Emancipation

Note that you have to be at least 16 years old to be emancipated.


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On 08/11/06
romel from AZ said:
thank you so much
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