Where to turn

[Kai Stevens]

Hello, I'm Kai, grateful alcoholic and a survivor of physical and sexual abuse.

My boys are 17 and 15. They have seen a lot of abuse in their short lives. Even if they see some one they don't know being abused, they step right in and try to help and protect.

Over and over, I have watched other kids, confide in and turn to my boys for help, but it seems like the actions that we try to take usually don't work out. What do the boys (and I) do? My 15 yr old's girlfriend complains about her dad, and the 'troubles' she describes are way-way-way-bad-wrong. My son and I see it for what it is, but the girl doesn't. What can we do? And 'just be here for her if she ever asks for help' isn't really good enough for my son (me either). She is asking for help, she just doesn't reallize it.

Whatever resources are out there, they aren't enough. And they aren't accessible enough. What can we do?

Kai

[janbear]

In my area DHS (Dept. of Human Services) is good about stepping in when called.
Several years back when i was living in another town, my hubby and i happend on a situation that we thought needed to be checked on. We called Child Abuse Hotline and they took care of it from there.

Have you tried either of these resources Kai? I know how my hubby and i felt in our situation, we felt so powerless about the situation, we wanted to do more and more.