T-Mo Goodie
03-08-2005, 06:39 PM
Ok I have a neice that is 14 years old (my brothers daughter). She has been living with us since she was born. (She stayed with her mom her 4th grade year) This past Nov. she was being the typical teenager (rude, lazy, talking back, smartmouthing off, grades dropping, etc) She didn't want to hear anything that we had to say. SHE felt it was better if she goes to stay with her mom. After a week or two of telling her that it was a bad idea, we decided to let her SEE that it was a bad idea, and my mom let her go.
Let me tell you a little bit about my niece mom:
- she has 4 kids, all by different men
- kids are 16 (who is now acting out, and being a slut), 14 (my niece), 5, and 2 years old
- 2 of the babydaddy's were killed, both drug related shoot outs/robberies
- She lives in Englewood Apt (the projects) near the state penn.
- she leaves the kids alone for a couple days at a time
- she hasn't worked for at least 7-8 years (even then it was for maybe 3 mo.)
- she is on drugs and live off of hustling
- she is 32 yrs old
- she had her mother (who's jobless also) and the husband living with her
These kids have seen alot, from drug busts at their house, to killing and shootings where they have lived in the past. Matter of fact, about 5 mo ago, my niece uncle (her mothers brother) was released from PRISON (where he spends 5 yrs at a time for murder) He was wanted on the news, for killing a little 2-3 yr old kid, at an apt they were playing cards at and an arguement brewed and he shot at the guy and the bullets hit the kid.
Well around Dec. an issue came about with the oldest kid. Long story short about her, she was punched in the face, by her granddad (by marriage). Her face swoll up and I went over and went the fuck off. I told my niece to get her things and she was moving back home because if he laid his hands on my niece, he would have been a dead man. Mind you all, her MOTHER was no where to be found when this went on. Later on that day, her mother wants to try to snap at me for taking my niece without her permission and had the police looking for me. After about a week, I took my niece back home, so that she could go to school since everything had calmed down.
Just recently, my neice wants to come back to our house every weekend, but this weekend she didn't want to go back home. She was crying and telling us all of the stuff that has been going on over there. Mind you these people, although they are my niece's FAMILY, has never really liked my niece because she had better things than them and she didn't HAVE to live like them. I would rather her live back here with us and she WILL BE COMING BACK. My niece said that social workers are starting to call because shes sleeping in class and the 16 yr old doesn't even go half the time. She is 16 and in the 8th grade. She was kept back once, 2nd time because their mother made her stay out of school and keep the babies, and she is going to have to repeat it again. Crazy huh?
I need your opinions as to what I should do. My niece is scared to go to her counslers and tell them whats going on, for fear that DFAC will come in and take all the kids and they won't get to see each other. (thats the real reason my niece usually wants to go up there, she misses her sisters) So what would you do??
Let me tell you a little bit about my niece mom:
- she has 4 kids, all by different men
- kids are 16 (who is now acting out, and being a slut), 14 (my niece), 5, and 2 years old
- 2 of the babydaddy's were killed, both drug related shoot outs/robberies
- She lives in Englewood Apt (the projects) near the state penn.
- she leaves the kids alone for a couple days at a time
- she hasn't worked for at least 7-8 years (even then it was for maybe 3 mo.)
- she is on drugs and live off of hustling
- she is 32 yrs old
- she had her mother (who's jobless also) and the husband living with her
These kids have seen alot, from drug busts at their house, to killing and shootings where they have lived in the past. Matter of fact, about 5 mo ago, my niece uncle (her mothers brother) was released from PRISON (where he spends 5 yrs at a time for murder) He was wanted on the news, for killing a little 2-3 yr old kid, at an apt they were playing cards at and an arguement brewed and he shot at the guy and the bullets hit the kid.
Well around Dec. an issue came about with the oldest kid. Long story short about her, she was punched in the face, by her granddad (by marriage). Her face swoll up and I went over and went the fuck off. I told my niece to get her things and she was moving back home because if he laid his hands on my niece, he would have been a dead man. Mind you all, her MOTHER was no where to be found when this went on. Later on that day, her mother wants to try to snap at me for taking my niece without her permission and had the police looking for me. After about a week, I took my niece back home, so that she could go to school since everything had calmed down.
Just recently, my neice wants to come back to our house every weekend, but this weekend she didn't want to go back home. She was crying and telling us all of the stuff that has been going on over there. Mind you these people, although they are my niece's FAMILY, has never really liked my niece because she had better things than them and she didn't HAVE to live like them. I would rather her live back here with us and she WILL BE COMING BACK. My niece said that social workers are starting to call because shes sleeping in class and the 16 yr old doesn't even go half the time. She is 16 and in the 8th grade. She was kept back once, 2nd time because their mother made her stay out of school and keep the babies, and she is going to have to repeat it again. Crazy huh?
I need your opinions as to what I should do. My niece is scared to go to her counslers and tell them whats going on, for fear that DFAC will come in and take all the kids and they won't get to see each other. (thats the real reason my niece usually wants to go up there, she misses her sisters) So what would you do??