Hey!
I'm 21 and recently returned home after a horrible experience living on my own in Louisiana. I lost my home in Hurricane Ike, shared an apartment with a pedophile and a lesbian who were apparently ripping me off on rent to cover the costs of her wedding. My mother convinced me to come home and a month later I agreed. I felt bad for bailing on rent..
Well after coming back things have changed a little. My stepfather still sits on the computer, my sister obviously escaped the psychotic phase of puberty and is easy to be around and my mother has developed a new habit of sitting on her laptop all night, tuning the world out.
My 15 yr old brother is a NIGHTMARE!
He's a monster, and I'm losing it. He stinks because he never bathes and wears the same clothes, his breath is of rotten fish because he never brushes..but those are far more bearable than his new personality.
He's rude, selfish and argues with every word I say to get the last word in. This child never does anything to help around the house and happily wolfs down any food we make. He plays video games all day, watches TV or goes to friends houses.
To give example of a day-
He comes home from school, throws his stuff everywhere, stuffs his face and throws himself on the couch to watch TV or play video games. If I ask him to do something he screams at me and refuses, mocking me and being vulgar, telling me I can't tell him what to do.
I was cleaning the house the other day and he came in to sit and watch TV while I cleaned around him.(Doing his chores!) I was so angry I told him to get out and he decided to call the stepfather and tell him I'm controlling everything, being mean to him and he wants me kicked out.
How does my stepfather respond?
He tells the kid not to listen to me and go play video games...
I tried speaking to my mother about this but she avoids the subject. They sit around ignoring him while he treats me like garbage and saying hurtful things. His favorite thing is to mock me "Mommy come pick me up from Louisiana, I'm scared!" or he will tell me, "Go back to Louisiana, I hate you! You should have never come home."
My mother and stepfather do absolutely nothing to stop this behaviour. He gets spoiled by my stepdad and my mother says yes to everything he asks for because she doesn't want to deal with him. She simply tunes us out with her laptop.
Last night this child began mouthing off to me in front of them, saying he hated me and that I would die lonely and depressed and commit suicide amongst other things. I was pretty shocked at what he was saying and I got quite upset. I looked to my mother for support but instead she yelled at me for this? I just gave up and sat outside upset for the rest of the evening.
Is there anything I can do about this child? It's so hard when I'm not his parent so he feels he doesn't have to listen to me. Even harder when I get no support from his actual parents no matter how often I beg.
I'd love some advice, I'm getting really stressed!
Disrespectful sibiling- no help from parents!
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