Friday, July 15, 2011

Who to alert? Young teen abused and abuser...?

I'm trying to figure out what my next step should be in this situation. A young 13 year old is living in terrible conditions, I mean sleeping on the floor, house filthy, no working bathroom, goes hungry most of the time etc his mom doesn't work and has another boy who is 4 and spends a few days a week with them there too - the dad of the older boy has never been in the picture. The house belongs to the grandmother who has been for years trying to keep the older boy protected from his mom but now it's not working anymore. The mom is verbally abusive and the kid even though he used to be a sweet kid has now a lot of built up anger and is starting to become violent and abuse both the mom and the grandmother verbally and physically - he also coerces her out of money. He's also been out of school for the past few months and this hasn't helped any as he spends his time watching daytime tv and thinking his life is over. We have been trying to help but it's not easy and we're getting desperate... I think it's time to alert some authority, I thought CPS but I don't know if that's the right people to call given the situation... Any ideas on what kind of authority could be alerted in such a case would be welcome.

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