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Troubled nephew
I have a 17 yr old nephew that I am fairly close too and really care about, yet not close enough where he trusts me enough to talk openly and honestly with me.
A couple of weeks ago he got into some trouble in school. This is the story he told his parents (my sister is his mom) and the school principal. A kid his age threatened to beat him up in sixth period, and even shoot him. Come sixth period, the guy took a swing at my nephew, infront of all the other students as well as the teacher, my nephew ducked, then punched the guy in the face. Then everyone was cheering them on when the another teacher broke it all up. Long story short, my nephew gets suspended, and since this was his third suspension, all for stupid, stupid actions on his part, he was sent to a local continuation high school. Coincidently enough, so was the bully who threatened him.
I fear for my nephew. I want his entire family to move out of their bad neighborhood, but they are too scared to face the facts. I am on the outside looking in, and I can only imagine what the future holds for my nephew and his other siblings.
My nephew appears to have no aspirations for anything. I have always been the nice uncle who has freely experienced the world. I want to help him, I want him to see that there is a HUGE world out there just waiting for him, but how? How do I help him see outside his little box?
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well the school is so gay. why in the world would they send 2 kids who consistently fight to the same school? that's really gay.
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you could invite him to spend some time with you. take him outside the box so he can see it personally. good luck.
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Myself having a nephew, know that the bonds can be close. If i was in your situation, i would go to him first and express your concern. He might not be perfectly honest, but it might get through to him on a deeper level, even if he denys it. If it appears not to help, you should go and talk to his parents. Tell them everything. If they won't hear it, that's all you can do. But even if they don't respond to your concern, they also might start to think about it and do something. You just have to hope that everything will work out. If it escalades to a higher level, you should contact the authority in the neighborhood/school and see if they will change the schedules so they never have contact with one another.
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If your close you need to try to talk to him. you may be the only person to try to get him to understand what he is doing is wrong.
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tell him what is outside of the box...
hope i helprd
♥ indeed2
(also explain what other things are out in the world 4 him!)
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