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<blockquote data-quote="Big Bad Kitty" data-source="post: 139770" data-attributes="member: 3647"><p>You know, Barbara's suggestion is right on the money.</p><p></p><p>She will get ALL the help she needs, all in one place, if she can get into a DV shelter. There will be counseling there. They can put her in touch with court advocates, if needed. They have contacts with ALL the resources necessary as far as getting new baby furniture. They have very strict rules that she would have to abide by, and the counseling is part of that, all in an effort for her to become self-sufficient. She won't be able to just go hang out with the guys. She will be among other moms that are in the same situation, that she can relate to, and she can begin to network. Possibly even barter babysitting. They will be able to get her transitional housing, her own place, when she is ready.</p><p></p><p>She needs to be able to do this. It will help her in more ways than she can imagine. Her self esteem will skyrocket when she sees that she can do this on her own.</p><p></p><p>I had Copper when I was 19. I went back to work when she was 3 weeks old. My mom watched her while I worked. I started doing heavy drugs. My mom kicked my butt out of the house and kept that baby. It took me 6 months, but I got my act together. I got clean. By the time she was a year old, I was back at the house, clean and sober.</p><p></p><p>She needed to be tough on me. She knew I might sink and I might swim. She just knew that she was not going to sit by and watch me sink.</p><p></p><p>Copper will be 20 next week. I hardly know where the time went...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Bad Kitty, post: 139770, member: 3647"] You know, Barbara's suggestion is right on the money. She will get ALL the help she needs, all in one place, if she can get into a DV shelter. There will be counseling there. They can put her in touch with court advocates, if needed. They have contacts with ALL the resources necessary as far as getting new baby furniture. They have very strict rules that she would have to abide by, and the counseling is part of that, all in an effort for her to become self-sufficient. She won't be able to just go hang out with the guys. She will be among other moms that are in the same situation, that she can relate to, and she can begin to network. Possibly even barter babysitting. They will be able to get her transitional housing, her own place, when she is ready. She needs to be able to do this. It will help her in more ways than she can imagine. Her self esteem will skyrocket when she sees that she can do this on her own. I had Copper when I was 19. I went back to work when she was 3 weeks old. My mom watched her while I worked. I started doing heavy drugs. My mom kicked my butt out of the house and kept that baby. It took me 6 months, but I got my act together. I got clean. By the time she was a year old, I was back at the house, clean and sober. She needed to be tough on me. She knew I might sink and I might swim. She just knew that she was not going to sit by and watch me sink. Copper will be 20 next week. I hardly know where the time went... [/QUOTE]
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