Q: Hello I am 16 years old and live wirh my dad and stepmom. My dad stays high and drunk every night when he gets home.
My step mom stays high all day too on any kind of pill she can get and does meth sometimes with her friend while me and my brother babysit her friends kid. My dad has hit me multiple times, he cussed me out and tells me he hates me all the
Time. My step mom is either passed out high or when dad does get home and she is yelling and cussing us too She does not cook at all. Me and my brother use the grill to cook our supper. I do not want to live here. I want to runaway but my daddy told me that if I did run away he was gonna tell them I stole something from him so I would have to go to jail and I do not want to get in trouble.
A:
Sorry to hear you are in such a bad situation. You are doing the correct thing and are entitled to a safe and secure home, free from substance abuse and violence. Things you can do:
1) report the activity to your school counselor and resource office.
2) call the Department of Social Services and make a report
Do you have regular contact with your mother?? If she is a suitable person, she could seek to modify custody based on this scenario.
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