Tracy Press

Yes he will still be 17 when prom comes. Age of consent here is 16 but he is still a minor otherwise and still being watched by CPS until he is 18.
Considering what now seems to be going on I may not need to call CPS. They are being so open that they are going to slip up eventually. Right now I am so sick from all this (literally) I am just putting distance between them and myself. I have to take care of my health.
Right now it is just my word and my family's against theirs (the boy is now lying to cover this up too). I know CPS would need more than that. If opportunity presents itself to get proof I will take it and make the best use of that proof to put a stop to this.

You can only do what you can do. Try not to worry.

This woman's problems are so deep she really does need professional help. But I am not going to let her or anyone do this to any kid if I can stop it.

Sometimes you can only do so much and you have no control over a situation. It may be that you have to let this go. It will be tough but if it was meant for you to help you would be able to. It sounds as is it is taking over, and more then you can handle. If you haven't been able to get yourself to call CPS, and this looks like the only solution at this point then there is nothing left you can do.

The boy came by today. Seems he is getting wiser and so was his mom. I spoke to her briefly on his cell when she called him while he was here, at his insistance. The mom had begun to realize the woman was not someone she wanted around so has been trying to ease out of the friendship. Like me she has realized the woman is not too tightly wound. She had told her son to avoid the woman already. He has not seen her for three days. So he is listening to mom finally and to me. He knew I was upset but now he understands why.
Added to that one of my kids ran into the 46 year olds sister today. They had an interesting conversation. Sis has been providing this woman with a place to live. Well she is so fed up with the woman's nonsense she is about to kick her out but just found out from my child that her sister got fired over a week ago and has been lying about it to her. Needless to say the sister was furious. I would love to be a fly on the wall at her house right now.
Update: I talked to the boy again after he went home to get something to help me with a project I was working on. We talked and he revealed some details I hoped not to hear. Inappropriate touching. I think that scared him and woke him up. He wanted to tell his mom but was afraid to do it alone. So I talked with her with him tonight. She is going to report this to her case worker right away so that he does not hear it from someone else. She took it pretty well but I know inside she wants to throttle that woman, so do I.
I am just glad this young man felt he could come to me for help with this. The woman called his cell three times while he was here. The first time he answered and blew her off. Once he had told me what happened I told him &quot;you cannot answer when she calls.&quot; He didn't after that and now knows he can just push ignore. I feel certain his number will be changed very soon. At least now he is not bearing the burden alone and knows there are people who really do care about what is right for him. I wish he could have been spared some of the pain but thankfully he didn't let it go as far as I was afraid it might. He's going to be okay. Nobody is going to let her hurt him again and he knows that.<br><br>Post edited by: Kathy, at: 2008/02/25 15:01

Wow! Well good thing you were there to help him in his time of need and NOW he can get the help he needs in getting psycho woman off his back.