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We have a wonderful teen friend whose mother is alcoholic and not
interesting in allowing her daughter to go to college or leave home
anytime in the near future. She's very close to 17. Very mature for
her age and scared about her lack of prospects. Lotsa embarrassment
and fear is the "norm" in her life. If anyone knows of info that could
help this teen live more free .. please contact me. She lives quite
far from us in the next county and her mother would never voluntarily
agree to her leaving home. Otherwise she would be more than welcome to
live here (but her mother knows that so we're not a secret safehouse).
She has a great friend who understands and whose family is very sweet
and loving, who include her in their family but it's the same thing...
her mother knows about them (I think).

She is not an unschooler. My reason in posting at all is to perhaps
get some info offlist.

Specifically I wondered about teen emancipation... is there such a
thing legally or is that just a concept or ideal I've heard bandied
about?

~Katherine

Sandra Dodd

-=Specifically I wondered about teen emancipation... is there such a
thing legally or is that just a concept or ideal I've heard bandied
about?-=-

It's real. I don't know if it exists equally in all states, but I
know someone who was emancipated. The person needs to show an
ability to take care of herself. Some places want them to have a job,
but mostly the idea is to give them rights to decide things as if they
were 18. It doesn't make them 18 for all purposes.

Alateen might be helpful for her too, so she won't feel she's the only
one, and they can help her see more clearly and to disentangle herself
emotionally from her mother's situation, and see herself as strong and
separate, even if she stays in the same house.
http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/alateen.html

She doesn't need to leave to start feeling and being better.

Sandra



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Thanks. I had not had a chance to respond yet though I read this much
earlier. Karl is wanting on this computer and we've been out all day.
:D Unusual for me the last few months.

~Katherine


On Apr 24, 2009, at 11:15 PM, Sandra Dodd wrote:

> -=Specifically I wondered about teen emancipation... is there such a
> thing legally or is that just a concept or ideal I've heard bandied
> about?-=-
>
> It's real. I don't know if it exists equally in all states, but I
> know someone who was emancipated. The person needs to show an
> ability to take care of herself. Some places want them to have a job,
> but mostly the idea is to give them rights to decide things as if they
> were 18. It doesn't make them 18 for all purposes.
>
> Alateen might be helpful for her too, so she won't feel she's the only
> one, and they can help her see more clearly and to disentangle herself
> emotionally from her mother's situation, and see herself as strong and
> separate, even if she stays in the same house.
> http://www.al-anon.alateen.org/alateen.html
>
> She doesn't need to leave to start feeling and being better.
>
> Sandra
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