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  1. #1
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    Default Minor is Mistreated by Grandparent Guardians

    My question involves child abuse or neglect in the State of: Ohio

    I am 17 and I live with my grandparents. They have gotten to the age where they can't do a lot and i understand that' what comes with old age. My grandmother has been saying some unnecessary things to me. No, i am not just a bratty teenager, either. I do school work, I listen to them and everything. Well the turn point of becoming 18 is slowly approaching and i know that i need to get a job so some point in my life i can support myself- i actually want to get one. I've stated how i can get a ride, they say no. I wanted to get my drivers license so i could drive myself to work, they said no. So i let it go but then my grandmother yells and says i need a job. It's relentless arguing, and i even get to the point i let her call me rude things and say things about me without saying anything back. My old school counselor said it sounded like i had PTSD and severe depression from when i talked about how i feel and my past. Telling my grandmother this, she said that it's all in my head. She won't take me to the doctors or the dentist. I was once beginning to get a cough and, in fear that i was getting pneumonia again, i asked her to take me to get checked out and she said "I'm done worrying about your health." She makes me cry from what she says and she verbally and mentally abuses me. She gets me to the point where i curl up in a ball and cry because i feel like i should have never been born and am worthless. My friend's mother things of me as her daughter and said if i speak to a police officer and tell them what's going on, i could get moved in with them because she just wants me to graduate high school and i plan on getting a job and paying some sort of rent. I just need some help because i can't take this anymore.

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    Default Re: How Can I Get Help Please Read Details

    If your grandparents say you can live somewhere else, then you may live somewhere else.

    As it stands right now, you are free to leave and never look back at 12:01 on the morning of your 18th birthday. Your friend's Mom was actually very irresponsible in telling you what she did; that is not how we help children. The police cannot give you permission to move elsewhere, and neither can anybody else other than your legal guardian/s.

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    Default Re: Minor is Mistreated by Grandparent Guardians

    How did you come to be living with your grandparents and, if they're around, what do your parents have to say about these issues? Is this a court-ordered guardianship?

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    Default Re: Minor is Mistreated by Grandparent Guardians

    Did you end up with pneumonia again ? You do need much more than a cough to indicate pneumonia. Your school counselor isn't a psychistrist or psychologist and can't diagnosis mental illness.

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