Family Forum / Parenting / Children's Health / May 2007

well this is a long story. but honestly, i need all the advice i ca
get. my mother is a 43 year woman with the mental compasity of a 1
year old. (seriously tests say so) and she will not get a job and tak
care of my two youngest siblings and when help is offered to her sh
will not accept. several of my family members have tryed to help her.
am 19 years old and seriously conflicted. i pay for their schoo
pictures, yearbooks and dances. so they dont miss out on some of th
things i have. their father pays so much child support he cant eve
afford to live in a trailor house, so he definately cannot afford a
attorney and yet he makes to much to get state assistance.

What pains us the most is we never get to see them and never know i
they have a roof over their head or not. the last time my father see
his two younger children he hadnt seen them for two years. how terribl
is that?

I was previously removed from my mothers custody by the state and th
division of child and family services.(for abuse) and for some reaso
the judge saw no reason that the other two children be removed. I woul
love to take on the full responsibility of taking care of my siblings
but I dont really have the smarts my self to raise any children. now
know this is a bunch of jabber and poorly organized.(shows how wel
college writing worked for me .. lol) but i would love any opinions
ideas,or information that any of you may have. I am at my witts en
with this

--
ashley marie