GeekFury said:
Treblaine said:
Not true, if the OP is scottish as it seems, under Scottish Law at the age of 16 you are considered an Adult and if you are living at your perents home and they tell you to leave, the authoritys can do nothing to stop it. Personaly by the sounds of it as the OP has'nt made any further reasons as to why she is being kicked up it sounds like the reason maybe monumentaly dumb like 'I'm leaving school to be a reality TV star' or some bollocks. What I say is like a few here who have made sense have said, grow up. Don't go to Download, get a job or higher education and treat your perents with some bloody respect if they have had enough of you to point where they are about/going to throw you out then you've done something they find truly unacceptable and you either need to grow up or accept the conciquenses of your actions to your perents who have probably spet a hell of alot of money on your and perhaps your education.
In short, stop bleeting about here, drop the Download festival idea and kiss your perents asses and do what they say.
Well excuse me but that means Scottish law is completely out of whack.
So from 16 to 18 they are largely "non-citizens" without the protections of being a child yet without most of the rights of an adult, though it seems to be true, that doesn't mean it isn't 100% bullshit if you ask me.
A Parent's responsibility is from cradle to the grave, preferably the grave where you don't bury your own child. Kicking someone out on the streets is ABSOLUTELY NOT A GOOD THING!! It serves only one person: the selfish desires of the parent.
Look, you are NOT, simply no way in hell, going to find a good job that will pay well for the rest of your life at only 16 years old on the streets:
(1) no one wants to employ a "child"
(2) at 16 you only have your GCSE grades, not even A levels and no degree
(3) part time work is being edged out by migrant workers
(4) people don't want to hire someone who doesn't even have a residence
This is not the way to start off in the world, you need to STAY IN SCHOOL till 18 to get a proper education then apply for an apprenticeship or go to University to get a degree, preferably in a vocational course.
There is only one job a 16 year old can easily get on the streets, and that is prostitution.
"What I say is like a few here who have made sense have said, grow up"
Oh on the streets they'll grow up fast, pimps will love to find a vulnerable 16 year old and take advantage of them. Give me a fucking break, 16 is still a fucking child, I don't care about the age of consent, it is still no where near mature enough to make it on your own in the world.
Look, a child can be as unreasonable as they like, PARENTAL LOVE IS NOT CONDITIONAL, babies cry and poo their pants, well sorry but a Parent can't just kick the baby out when they don't want it any more. Same with a teenager, sure they may be lazy and feckless, but you HAVE to keep supporting them to make them productive members of society, i.e. ensure they get a proper education and a start in a proper sustaining career.
You can't keep going to school while living on the streets. Kicking out at 16 denies them an education that is pretty much VITAL to get a decent career, remember, the UK is in the EU with an open labour market now, with millions who are ready to travel for low pay, long and hard hours in unskilled labour. Getting a good education is SO important.
I don't care WHAT the OP may have done or is acting like, it is PURE SELFISHNESS for a parent to abandon their child to a life of poverty and vagrancy for ANY reason.
Yes, throw all his games and toys away, fine, if the Parent REALLY is that angry at their child, make them sleep on just a plain mattress in a bare room and eat nothing but gruel... but don't turn your back on them. Don't give up. Ever.
I mean my grandmother is a crotchety old woman, a creationist of all things, but to spite how awful she is we are not going to abandon her now she is getting too old to care for herself, families look after each other. no. matter. what.
Families who don't look out for each other... well then they're not really family, they just happen to share DNA slightly more than the general population.
