What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Florida
I need to know if this is child abuse, I am not quite sure if it is or not. I have a friend who is 15 years old. Her older brother is 19 years old, the brother harasses her by calling her the worst of names everyday I mean cursing at her, and he beats her and leaves marks. Well her mom does nothing about it except say that hitting is wrong. Her mom even saw her eye which was bleeding and was bruised and she told her to say something else. In other words lie about what happened. Her mom yells at her constantly for no reason at all and she is placed under a lot of stress and depression. She has even threaten to kill herself more then once. She now thinks she has a mental illness and that she needs to go to the hospital and get help. Her mom still screams at her and her brother still harasses her with foul mouth and beats her, though not frequent, but when he does it is bad. She even took pictures of her bruises and her mom saw them and said that she was sick in the head. So I really would like to help her but she doesn't believe its child abuse and she is afraid to do something to herself if it keeps going on. So please, help me with this. Is it child abuse? Or does she need to find help?
I need to know if this is child abuse, I am not quite sure if it is or not. I have a friend who is 15 years old. Her older brother is 19 years old, the brother harasses her by calling her the worst of names everyday I mean cursing at her, and he beats her and leaves marks. Well her mom does nothing about it except say that hitting is wrong. Her mom even saw her eye which was bleeding and was bruised and she told her to say something else. In other words lie about what happened. Her mom yells at her constantly for no reason at all and she is placed under a lot of stress and depression. She has even threaten to kill herself more then once. She now thinks she has a mental illness and that she needs to go to the hospital and get help. Her mom still screams at her and her brother still harasses her with foul mouth and beats her, though not frequent, but when he does it is bad. She even took pictures of her bruises and her mom saw them and said that she was sick in the head. So I really would like to help her but she doesn't believe its child abuse and she is afraid to do something to herself if it keeps going on. So please, help me with this. Is it child abuse? Or does she need to find help?