Can a 15yr old girl live on her own?

Question

My friend is 15 and she lives with her mom her 21 yr old brother and her 10 yr old brother. Her mom just hit her and told her to get out of the house and now she is staying at her boyfriends house and its still summer so school hasent started yet is there anything she can do? Her mom is also is an part time Alchohaulic or however you spell it

Answer 1

No she cannot. She should let things cool down for a couple of days, then return home.
When at home just stay out of moms way, be respectful and act as if nothing happened and that she still love her mom and count down the days to her eighteenth birthday.
If she doesn't return home, she'll soon find out how cruel the world can be.
At 16, she can start work and go to school, therefore staying out of moms way.
There is a place that's called job corps, where she could go, recieve a education, a place to live and employment.
Do a google search.
I hoped that I've helped.

Best Wishes

Answer 2

I'm not sure about where you live, but here in Australia they dont really like anyone under 16 living independently. That said I moved out of home when I was 15, the first bit was really hard as I was not intiteled to government payments so I quit school, stated working and did some courses from home. I had to live in shared accomodation with 3 blokes 2 of them where absolute slobs and drop kicks, the never cleaned or bought food/toiletries so my b/f at the time and I supported the house. After I turned 16 I was deemed unreasonable to live at home and was then intitaled to youth allowance wich was about $400 a fortnight and not really enough to live on. I moved 6 times in 18 months, and went through a few jobs I have now moved interstate, settled down and live a good life. It was not an easy way to do it and I sometimes regret my choices but sometimes what happens just does and no looking back. I'm now 19 almost 20 and have my first baby on the way, I couldnt be happier but am aware life is always going to have challenges even if you live by the book, so I say grab life by the b@lls hold on tight and go for it

Answer 3

If you don't know how to spell it, try using the "check spelling" feature.

Anyways, somebody needs to call Child Protective Services or the Department of Social Services on that family. The parent is an alcoholic and while drunk kicks the 15 year old out of the house? There is something wrong with the parenting skills of the alcoholic parent. The children can get taken away and put in a better place until the parent can prove she has what it takes to be a good parent to the court.

Answer 4

It doesn't sound like a good situation to be in when you are 15 years old but as the parent of a teenager I have to wonder how far she pushed her mother into kicking her out.

Is it possible that your friend is combative and in her face a lot. It's never okay to hit your child but your friend needs to step back and see where she can be part to blame.

Unless it is an extremely abusive situation and her mother is totally screwed up in the head, parents do not tell kids to 'get out' without a valid reason.

Maybe her mother is tired of putting up with the bullshit of raising a strong willed disrespectful teenager. If that is the case, your friend really needs to contact the authorities and get foster care arrangements.

If she can prove she can financially support herself then she can get emancipated.

The reality is very few 15 yr old children can financially support themselves. It's next to impossible to explain to them that until they are old enough to support themselves they need to follow the rules of the house.

Another thing your friend needs to consider is once she contacts the authorities and gets herself put in a foster care situation that the state will also look into and investigate the family regarding her 10 yr old brother.

Because once she brings the authorities into it.. Her mom may not be able to afford an attorney to fight to get her kids back. If her brother ends up getting molested in foster care, then it's on her conscience.

Once you do that you rip apart an entire family over your own selfishness.

So please unless it is truly an abusive situation, the best your friend can do is try to get some family counseling.

Answer 5

15 is too young an age to be alone don't you think... as her friend I think you should try your best to assist her is whatever way possible

In my opinion girlfriend' her mom should be reported for abuse... and if word gets our that your friend is living (at 15) with her boyfriend there can be serious consequences for her mother and her beau to face.

Her mom can be charge with abuse among several other things and her boyfriend can also be charged...

Believe me this girl is too young to be living with her man.
Can't your mother find some help for her? If y'all go to church that could be a great place to try and get assistance for this young girl. By the way, have you told your mother about this girl? If you are a true friend i suggest that you get some help for her, cuz pretty soon, she's gonna need it.

Try and get her some assistance before school reopens, but if there's nothing you can do now, try and and find and adult you know you can confined in and get some help for this young girl and her alcoholic mother.

Answer 6

A 15-year-old cannot legally have a full-time job, and without that she cannot *hope* to afford housing, food, and transportation to that job. She needs to see a member of the clergy or go to the local Department of Social Services. Her boyfriend's mother can help her to find the services she needs to get out of a dangerous situation.

BTW, there is no such thing as a 'part-time' alcoholic. Anyone who loses control when he drinks, no matter how infrequently, is an alcoholic, period. Your friend's mother needs help through AA, but she won't get it until she admits to herself that she has a problem. In the meantime, I suggest that your friend start attending meetings of AlaTeen, which will help her understand her mother's problem (which isn't her fault) and teach her ways of dealing with it all.

I wish both of you the best of luck!

Answer 7

No not unless they have a good paying job, which they usually don't since they haven't been to college. Parents shouldn't kick their kids outta the house what if something happens to them? It doesn't matter if it's "the parents house" their kids live there too.

Answer 8

She will have to go into foster care. In some cases children can be emancipated, but generally thats not considered until theyre 16.

Answer 9

not until she's 18 can she legally move out on her own so until then she's gonna have to have a guardian. if her mom doesnt want her then she needs to turn over all parent responsibility to an adult who can take care of her. if your friend doesnt want to go back home then she needs to take it up with the authoritites with the help of another adult

Answer 10

No at 16 she can get impancipated if she can prove she can take care of herself and she has some where to go maybe they should do some counciling together