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Question: Please help me... I have been Emotionally Abused by my mother for 3 years now, and I need to get out. I'm deppressed, and I live in a home that is not sutibly for a cockroach, it is gross. How can I get out? I couldn't possibly wait another 3 years.

Answer: If ever a child is living in fear or feels in a dangerous or unsafe environment, they can call Child Protective Services (CPS) to seek advice and help - CPS has a toll free Arizona Child Abuse Hotline at 1-888-SOS-CHILD (1-888-767-2445).
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On 02/24/09
crysta from AZ said:
i have been emotionally abused all my life.. ive been pushed aroud for far to long... im currently living with my boyfriends cousin because my mom kicked me out.. i got suspended from school and she got angry and hit me across the head.. im 15 and im waiting to turn 16 so i can get emancipated. one time i called cps and told them my mom smokes weed and does coke... they told me there are plenty of parents that do drugs that are wonderful parents.. gay huh? u would think they would do something right?
On 11/15/07
Lox from AZ said:

CPS does nothing, you can be thrown into a bunch of paintcans in your carport and have neighborhood witnesses, and they'll do nothing if the witnesses are young...CPS is worthless...I have been thrown into counters, walls, couches, whatever, and it has been seen by my other family members, I had a sore neck for weeks afterwards, and even went to the hospital to get it checked, CPS checked it out, and my father used the excuse that he was Indian and it was in his culture to be abusive...so he got off scott-free
On 09/13/07
sarah from CO said:
i used to live with my mom and stepdad who emotionally abused me so i know how u feel. Now i live with my dad and my mom is still trying to treat me bad and they were abusing my younger siblings, but we all finally got out of that house except my 2 youngest sisters. i hope thier coart hearing goes well so we can all be safe and together again!!
On 11/06/06
Jazzy from AZ said:

My emancipation hearing is tomorrow. Throughout the course of my life I have time and time again called Child Protective Services for help. My mom is unstable. As of now they have not done anything to help, even when I had cuts and bruises. Do I have any other options? 
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