Parents, how did you watch your kid's life go down the drain?

Parents, how did you watch your kid's life go down the drain?

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[M_IAWIA]

I feel so sorry for the son. He did everything right and might lose his mother one day due to his sister disappearance

[j.t.]

Lesson to learn from this: when you see your child in such a rockbottom state knowing likely knowing it ain't voluntary, don't grab something to eat and catch up first, no get her in the car and drive as far as you can and if someone follows you make sure that is the last thing those people do

[mixguywhoplaysgames]

I think of my worst fears would be seeing my own child's life fall apart and me being able to do nothing about it.

[nfitz]

This is the most viscerally horrifying story I've heard. I was placed in her shoes. I want to believe so badly that this is fake, but I know it happens

[NTX]

This is the one time I hope a story is fake :( Poor girl and mother.. They both don’t deserve this :(

[vessel]

My conspiracy theory is the day she left she was kidnapped and trafficked, that's why she ended up as a sex worker, she said 'they will hurt her" probably means her Procurer and this people she work with are obviously either above the law or in filth with the law.

The story sound too familiar to what mostly trafficked women go through.

And leaving out the fact that most times are their families the one who turns them in back to their dealers.

[blissfuldirtbag]

Honestly, stop beating yourself up, she's in deeper then we could know and you could end up hurting both of you, that probably won't stop you, and I hope you do find and help her, and I hope you both will be safe

[iwachutoob]

You and your son are amazing humans, I’m sorry that happened to you, you don’t deserve that sort of pain.
This story made me cry 😢

[pickle]

Someone said this on the shorts version of this, but I agree wholeheartedly. “Lax parenting only works if your child is going down the right path in life”.

[rainbowsquiddy]

This is why when you discover your kids have a bag of coke hidden, you immediately take them and put them into a rehab facility instead of just trusting that they'll be there in the morning

[DesiBTS-Army]

That's why I don't understand leaving kids with their complete privacy. They are kids, they literally need your guidance before anything major and a parent should never allow their minor child to get into physical relationship. I know i wouldn't.

[Only_Sleep]

Honestly, this should go to the FBI. Trafficking rings are federal jurisdiction, especially when they obviously crossed state lines from TX to CA. She could have been put in witness protection to testify against her captors too.

[heatherward]

My heart breaks for this mama!! You never know if your child will rise or fall and if your parenting was the cause of it. Pray for your daughter. Harder than you’ve ever prayed before.

[PureDay]

This is why you need to warn your kids about trafficking and that fitting in is useless.

[ianmoritzplatapino]

That happena when you go the route of lax patenting aka my kid is my friend instead of being a parent. She never put strict boundaries and let her be until it was too late. Now she is drinking her sorrow away, when she could've prevent this.

[teabee]

Everyone blames the mother but after a certain age people should know better. She was in high school when this started happening and the mother tried to explain things to her daughter, but to no avail. If she was bringing guys over that were twice her age that means by that point she was over 18. Wtf is anyone supposed to do? She's a grown adult making her own stupid ass decisions. If her life went to shit because of those decisions that's on HER, not her mother.

[LawlzDayzz]

Relate to this cause my parents are somehow both neglectful and controlling.

More like, they left me be as a kid and spoiled me but didnt really give me any attention, then realized this and went too far in the other direction.

A few of the many factors at play were
1. My dad was majorly neglected all his childhood and was basically raised by the church and pastor he went to for emotional support and guidance. So he inherited that and basically didnt do much with me till I was in 7th grade already, which is better than a ton of children with missing fathers, but he still was absent emotionally and staying in his office all day and watched TV alone in the nightime.

2. My parents dont really "know" me, which sounds cliche, but they didnt really raise me actively as much as just looking to "the experts" to tell them what to do cause neither of their parents apparently taught them how to parent. So they got to know whats best for other children, but not me, cause we each are different and need different forms of parenting to be at our best.

3. No path in life.
Wrapping in withI am an only child raised in a very old neighborhood and small schools. Basically family, community, etc points some sort of direction and gives reason, but I had none. I just did what I was told to in school till I graduated and then making makor life decisions for the 1st time in College overwhelmed me and I dropped out.

Everything I see to do, I see or find online why not to as everything is a trap or a scam from marriage, college, the government, etc.

I dont really regret not falling for it but I dont have anything to show for it. Im kinda just existing alone rn and avoid people cause everyone is a pain to deal with in some form and when Im alone, while it hurts, it doesnt bother me anymore like people still do.

Course now I need freedom to figure out stuff and decide for myself now and only now my parents crack down on freedom and always bother me or making living worse cause "responsibility" which just is them bothering me with chores or added expenses off what I earn as a part timer and hoping I wake up someday a man when I just go back whatever I was doing before, the same as ever.

My parents, beyond basic food and living, have perfectly timed their decisions somehow to be at the exact worst moment every time and at best they are an obstacle I cant break dependency from and at worst its more like they are my enemies and I am a slave to my situation that keeps me with them.

Still, joining a gang, a cult or the military is worse, but this isnt by far good either in an onjective stance.

One person's struggle and suffering isnt negated by another person's, no matter how much more or less it is.

[AdaraAndy]

That's the problem with lax parenting, a parent's job is to protect their children from harm no matter how. It is not to just let them ruin their lives and hopefully learn their lesson after. For that, I am extremely grateful for my mom being strict and over protective of me, because now i understand what she was protecting me from and she still does even tho I am an adult, she still protects me. I feel loved and protected, not once did I feel trapped or a prisoner.

[peterparker]

seeing your kids life spiral out of control while being unable to do anything is every parents worst nightmare. I truly feel with this woman.

[tamaramcrae]

That’s why you have to discipline your children properly. A lot of people confuse abuse with it