Calling CPS on my parents..?

Im a 14 year old from san antonio and I stay with my dad and stepmom. Im constantly watching my lil sisters. I watch them atleast 5 days out of the week. Im also constantly inside i go out about 1 day out of the week. I hate it and just wanna leave.

[ccsmod15]

Hi there,
Thank you for reaching out to us at the National Runaway Safeline. You deserve to feel loved and respected at home, and know that the treatment that you are enduring is never ok.

Though we are not legal experts, we are here to help you explore your options moving forward. One option is to report the physical abuse. Resources like ours (1-800-RUNAWAY) and Child Help (National Child Abuse Hotline, 1-800-422-4453) can help you decide if that is a step you would feel safe taking. Know, however, that many resources, including ours, have mandated reporting policies: they are legally bound to report the abuse if given your name and location. You can always ask if the number you are reaching out to has a mandating reporting policy if you do not feel comfortable abuse reporting. Additionally, contacting the non-emergency police number with hypothetical and anonymous questions is another option to have to gauge the rights of someone in your situation.

Another option you have is to reach out to a trusted adult, though some adults, including school personnel, may also be mandated reporters. They could support you and help you figure out a plan to find an alternative living arrangement. We offer conference calls

Finally, you can always reach out to us at the National Runaway Safeline (1-800-RUNAWAY) as we are 24/7, toll-free, and confidential.
Good luck and stay safe,
NRS

I'm a 14 year old guy and I live with my grandparents who adopted and raised me with an almost perfect life. It's just this pat year has gone to hell and I'm reaching a breaking point. I have a problem with focus and responsibility, and an addiction to video games, though I guess that's normal hearing from friends and peers. The problem is my parents (mainly my mom) take that badly and respond abusively towards me. Just yesterday my dad and I were planning on going to airsoft but I ended up waisting time on my Xbox, which upset my dad and I apologized and took responsibility for. Though my mom decided to yell at me for it after it was discussed already, and that was unnecessary. Later on that evening we were about to eat dinner, and my parents worked very hard on it. I go to ask if I could eat dinner in my room and that's when everything went down. My mom and dad (both drunk) began to yell at me and call me names (spoiled brat, passive aggressive, video game addict, psychotic, immature child, etc.). As if this didn't bother me enough they took it a step further and demanded i give up my phone and and laptops for punishment. Then after me walking around a bit frustrated with this I gave them up. Then they started asking me for my old iPhone 4S (no service but I can text on wifi), which I had lost a while back and don't know where it is. I told them this and of course they accuse me of lying and start to interrogate me. Then they yell louder, team up on me, and start searching my room. This is when my mom stars pushing me, grabbing my arm, and hitting me. I get away from her and don't even try defend myself because I don't want to hurt anyone sine I'm larger than them. Then my mom begins to yell things like (you're such an embarrassment, go live with your birth dad who made you and abandoned you, leave our family, you're a lying little brat child, etc.) and this honestly made me tear up hearing these things. So my mom pushes me on my bed, an my dad throws an open water bottle at me, then grabs pepper spray and threatens me. This whole time they're interrogating me were my iPhone 4S is, which I still have no idea. This is when I try to get out if my room, and my mom pushes me back and hits me. "Get out of my face!" She says. I finally get passed her and run outside and sit on our grass for a while trying to calm down, come to find out my mom locked me out. I find our extra hidden key and let myself in. I tell her I wanna move out and live with my birth dad because I can't deal with this. She says that she'll send me to military school. I try to call family to break up this mess, but my mom grabs me and scratches my arm to take our landline phone away too. I tell her I ought to call the police, and she threatens to take away my phone and delete it forever. So I decide against it not risking that. I go to my room an lock my door, then she yells to unlock it. I say no, because I just want to be left alone and her to stay away. Her and my dad take my door off the hinges and I am left to sleep on my stripped bed (my jeers are wet from the bottle) with an open doorway. My mom checks on me (tries to be sneaky but makes noise and runs off). I am currently sending this through my secret iPod, so this is my last resort. My mom has attacked me for things like this for the past year, and has never owned up to it, blaming me or everything. Please help me.

[ccsmod9]

RE: Calling CPS on my parents..?

Hello there,

Thanks for contacting the National Runaway Safeline.

We’re really sorry to hear about how you’ve been feeling. We’re also sorry about all the verbal abuse happening too. Remember, abuse of any kind is NOT ok and is NEVER your fault. Thank you for deciding to share your story with us today, we’re really happy you did. It takes a lot of courage to reach out like you did today.

It sounds like things are really tough right now. It looks like you’ve already called a suicide hotline, but please, continue to do so ANY time you feel like life is getting to be too much. You’re worth saving. Your life is worth living. Don’t let these problems with your father and stepmom steal your future from you.

The lady on the hotline might be right. You could try and stay with a friend or relative, however we should warn you that sometimes the police could still return you home if your father filed a runaway report with the police. It’s hard to say what the police would do for someone who is close to being 18, but you could call your local police non-emergency number to ask them about their runaway policy. If you’re uncomfortable making that call on your own, you could try calling in here at 1-800-RUNAWAY(786-2929) and we’d be happy to make that call on your behalf.

You seem to be interested in reporting the abuse, but are worried about the outcome. There are a lot of fears and misconceptions that go along with abuse reporting, so we want to make sure you have the facts. If you take a look at www.childhelp.org, you might be able to learn more about abuse reporting and possible outcomes. If you wanted help filing a report (and you can do so without your parent’s being told it was you), you could try calling in here to us and we’d be able to help.

We really hope this information help you. Your safety is very important to us. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us if you need any more help.


Best of luck,
NRS

So, just to get right to the point, my parents aren't the best. My mom gets verbally abusive to the point to where I want to hurt myself. My dad thinks that I'm faking being depressed and having anxiety even though I take medication for it and I was in a behavioral hospital for suicidal thoughts twice. My step mom is just a horrible person. She critizes my dad's parenting and also thinks that I'm faking being depressed and having anxiety. She gets mad at the stupidest things and throws a literal fit over it and gets violent and starts yelling. She says nasty things to me too. I almost slit my throat today because she said that if she was parenting my little sister and I , she would whoop us and stuff like that . She says that my sister and I basically runs the house. That's not true.
When I tried to go visit my mom, I got yelled at. I want to fix my mom's and I's relationship, but they thought I only wanted to go see my boyfriend. We were driving to Walmart with my siblings and my dad and step mom were yelling at me the whole time. It was frustrating. It proves they haven't been listening to me.
I talked to a lady on the suicide help line and she said I could possibly live with my friends or cousin because I am 16, and that a foster home is a last resort option for me.
But, I'm terrified. I can't talk about anything to my parents anymore without them getting mad. If I call CPS and they don't take the case, things will get even worse! I'm tired of bring treated wrong. I'm strongly considering suicide.