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  • i would tell her to call cps or the police her self and tell the authorities whats going on and ask for help its against the law for the authorities to turn down anyone but make sure she has prof that she is being abused
  • Take matters into your own hands and all the CPS yourself. That must be so awful, if you like her enough you won't let it happen any longer!
  • I think you should call the Texas CPS and give them the address of your girlfriend, and tell them everything that you know; you have to forcefully tell them that you KNOW there is child abuse happening at that residence as you are in continuous contact with your girlfriend and you know she has scars to prove it, etc. Even if that's a lie (continuous contact, etc), it's better to lie for the sake of justice and safety than to be honest and allow an innocent person to continue suffering. If that fails, call the police and do the same thing - child abuse is criminal and disgusting, if neither the CPS or Police do anything about it, then they too are criminal and disgusting. You have to really make them believe you, sound honestly worried, etc. ***** An idea I just had; can you make an anonymous tip-off to the CPS or Police and pretend to be a resident living very close to her? There is a large number of things you can do or say to almost force the CPS and/or police to intervene.
  • She is over 16 so it may well be that in your state she is too old for child proetection services to do anything. This now has become domestic abuse.....she could look up in the yellow pages and find a women's shelter. She could drop by there, telephone, anything. She can leave the situation now. She will get all the supports and counselling she will need...she will be given legal advice, helped to find housing...and if she is still in school, she will get financial help. Police won't do anything unless she herself calls them....she is an adult in the eyes of the law. (At least that's the case where I live. I'm not sure about Texas). Tell her that there are a lot of us rooting for her!!
  • Tell her to talk to her guidance counselor at school... they are required by law to contact CPS, and because the call comes from a professional it will be taken more seriously.
  • I agree with the women's shelter idea. That would probably be the best idea for her. If these ideas don't work though, tell her to take pictures of the bruises and/or wounds that her parents inflict on her. Also, you could tell her to by a small video camera and hide it somewhere in the "normal" place her parents beat on her, and see if she can get any of it on tape. Police sometimes won't do anything for kids if they think there's any chance of them lying. Maybe if she has some proof they will listen finally. I'm sorry for her having to go through this. I hope she gets help. Good luck!
  • i live in texas....tell me where they live here, and i will go there and beat the fuck out of them.......she can become an emancipated minor, but, she will need to go to court for that.........when she turns 18, she soooooooo needs to get out of that household......i am here on this site if you need to talk.....take care.......
  • Many things could be done, but the simplest is for her to seek shelter until she is 18, which is not that far away.
  • Does she have a mobile phone with a camera function? Tell her to take photos of any bruises or injuries her mother and step-father inflict on her. Does she have any witnesses? Have you seen the abuse actually happen? Has a neighbor heard it? Get any possible witnesses together, plus photos of her injuries and go to the local police station. They will HAVE to do something. If this fails, tell her to go to a shelter. Women's shelters should be accessible to her. I'd tell you to go and get her, but as she is a minor, and you are already 18, her parents might be able to charge you with kidnapping or something. Tell her to get to the shelter closest to her, and not to go home. Does she have friends in the area she could stay with if she decides to leave the shelter? Good luck.

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