Can My Mom Allow Me to Be Emancipated

My insurance takes care of all my medical bills. And why would they put me in foster care?

You're not in school. You have serious emotional issues. You're pregnant. Your mother is not taking adequate care of you. Shall I continue?

Your situation is common. What happens if you and boyfriend break up, you lose your job and have no savings and can't find another job? Have you checked the cost of daycare? What happens when the child is SSI k and daycare won't take him or her ? How many days can you miss work before you lose your job? Things rarely go as we plan, especially when children are involved?

It's legal to drop out of school at 16 years old. Also the age of consent is 16 years old. And once you're 16, you can move out. Your parent doesn't have to support you if you choose to move out. I also go to therapy for my issues. So I don't see why they would put me in foster care. There are plenty of other kids that are way worse than I am. Why waste their time on me when I'm just fine on my own.

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I understand that, but my boss only has 1 other assistant manager, she couldn't afford to fire me even if I didn't come in for a week. I also know her personally and she knows my situation. When my baby is sick, I will probably have my grandma watch them. And I qualify for daycare assistance.

Honey, go back and read your own post, and then come back and tell me all the reasons you are NOT just fine.

At least I'm trying. I didn't get an abortion because I was worried I couldn't handle it. I'm worried all the time. But that doesn't mean I'm not gonna try. Sure, I'm gonna struggle. But that's what makes a person. A person who has gone through life without struggling, searching the cushions for change, is probably a pretty shitty human being to be honest. Because some of the best parents I know, had their babies this young, and they were good parents. When my mom had me, she was 38, had cancer, arthritis, etc. I had a shit childhood because my mom couldn't play with me because her knees hurt, couldn't spend time with me because she was constantly in the hospital, and when I do see her since I've moved out, I'm usually cleaning her shit off the floor because she can't make it to the bathroom. That's why I will be a good mother to my kid. Because I know what it's like to have parents that aren't really there. I talked to my dad once when I was 3 and that's all I remember of him. And that's also why I have issues. So I'm gonna make for damn sure that my boyfriend is gonna be in this kids life no matter what. Just because people have money and are set, doesn't mean they'll be good parents.

Sweetheart, please listen.

You're vulnerable, and you're in a difficult situation. The volunteers here are all in agreement - the court will not emancipate you, and for several different reasons. Sure, you have hopes, and dreams, but you're not being realistic. Your boyfriend? He's free to leave and never see the child - nobody can ever force him to do that.

You're not ready for this. You're going to go ahead and do it anyway, but I can guarantee that you'e going to be back at some point wanting to know how to enforce child support, or move out of state, or any one of a number of situations you might face.

And that's not even touching on the fact that you can't support yourself without government help.... (in other words, we - the taxpayers - will be supporting you and your child).

Do you see where we're coming from?

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Sigh. It's not about "trying". The court doesn't give a flying ferret fart about you "trying". The court wants you to be "DOING", and you're not able to do that by yourself.

Yeah, I got that. I pretty much gave up on the whole emancipation thing. I'm probably just gonna get married. Thanks for the advice though.

*facepalm*

Ah well. Can't say we didn't try.

Good luck, for you and the baby.

Even with a job and a child, you can't rent an apartment, get utilities in your name, you can't enter into a legally binding contract. You will be responsible for your child, but you can't be held responsible for yourself. This whole situation is so sad for you and your child.