My cousin is crazy. (not really sure what I am looking for.)

[hopenotlost]

My cousin could be on Jerry Springer.  She was married and had 4 kids with her husband and had 1 from a previous relationship.  She and her H split, and she started dating this other guy.  This other guy just recently went to jail for beating the shit out of her and her oldest daughter (who was 16 at the time).  I just found out that my cousin had been seeing someone else behind her boyfriend's back.  The kicker:  She wasn't telling the guy her real name or the fact that she had five kids.  She had an entire history with this guy--they had gone on trips together, football games, met his family, etc.  She fessed up to the guy and he freaked out and left (don't blame him!).

Anyway, my cousin took her kids to Texas where her ex-h lives, in hopes of rekindling things.  However, it seems as though she was just going there because she has no job (she lost it for reasons I don't believe--I don't believe a word from her anymore) and needed him to take care of all of them.  She still posts about this other guy on facebook, about how he was her world and that her life isn't the same, blah blah blah.

My issue is her kids are not in school.  They aren't enrolled anywhere.  This is against the law right?  Ugh.  She is screwing these kids over for her own stupid selfish reasons, and I am so angry at her.  She can do whatever she wants with her own life, but she does not need to be messing up her kids' lives.

I'm not sure what I'm looking for here...I just needed to vent.  

[tripleshot]

That's horrible. If you know where she is, I'd call CPS about the school thing.

[teatimefor2]

Aug 22, 2014 7:55:17 GMT -5 tripleshot said:

That's horrible. If you know where she is, I'd call CPS about the school thing.

This is the only thing I can think of as well. I'm so sorry, that sounds like a horrible situation.

[jerseyjaybird]

What a stressful situation. It does seem to make sense to report the kids' non-enrollment in school.

[Deleted]

Are you sure school has started already? Some Texas schools don't start until next week.

If school has started and they aren't enrolled I would report her. It is anonymous and the kids need this. It is detrimental to them to be dealing with their mom's crazy and the lack of a stable educational environment won't help either.

[hulley]

Definitely report the fact that the kids are not going to school. Depending on your district, there may be a school resource officer or truancy officer. OR call CPS.

Last year, I had a student enroll after February break. She had not attended school since the prior fall because the family moved and no one in my district knew the children existed, and the old district assumed they'd enrolled elsewhere. The kids missed about 15 months of school before Mom enrolled them with us. They've since moved again.It's really not fair to the kids.

[jena]

Well, I think that MOST of Texas isn't back in school yet, because there are regulations about starting before the last week in August. So she's good for now. School starts Monday around here.

Also, it's amazingly easy to claim you're homeschooling your kids in Texas, so she can use that to try to stay out of trouble too.

[LoveTrains]

School doesn't start until after Labor Day by me. September 3rd this year.

[rachaelnicole]

If school has started, call the police. She should be charged with educational neglect. I work in a HS, and if the child is under the age of 16, it's their parents' responsibility to get them to school.