My 16 yr old Niece has Left home

I think that it would be best to report this to the authorities and probably send your niece to counseling. I think that it should go with great family support and display of concern. She is still too young to start ruining her life, and I hope and pray she starts seeing life at a different angle and realizes how much love is surrounding her and how she must put her life back on track.

That is indeed a worrying situation. However, it is not the end of the world. I have seen similar situations that have ended up fine after a while and the parties have been closer because of it. My wife was kicked out of home by her dad at 15 and sent off interstate to live with relatives. She lasted 6 months there and was back in Melbourne staying with friends after that. Now she gets along really well with her dad after not speaking for over ten years. Similarly my cousin was pregnant to a guy in his 30's when she was only 16! She told lies about the pregnancy to everyone and even got the police involved. When the truth came out it was a very hard time, but it is all sorted out now and she gets along fine with her family. Also some of the most caring and nice people I know were absolute trouble makers and into everything when they were teenagers. I was certainly no angel either and a big drinker and partier. I now am a health nut! Hopefully her story will have a happy ending too. Try to stay positive and supportive for her and your brother through all this. I hope it works out.

I know what you mean and I sure feel sorry for your whole family. My daughter would not listen either and she married that fool. He is now getting ready to be sentenced to prison and she is pregnant and still wants him and nothing to do with any of her own family that loves her so much. We won't even be seeing the grandbaby and it will be born this month. It is hard but I had to just let her make her own decisions. She is 19 years old.

I feel very sorry for your brother and hopes he managed to see his 16 year old daughter. This could be outside the TAFE college or at her part time job. Her 19 year old boyfriend sounds horrible and he seems to leading your niece into trouble like bad language. I hope that she will split up with her horrible boyfriend and come back home. Good luck with this awful situation.

that is awful and i believe you have to ask for police assistance to resolve this problem. this thing also happens here but there are some parents who are not so concerned or just let their children when they getting to be brats.

That's terrible. I am so sorry to hear that. Teens can be crazy and their immaturity keeps them from seeing things. Sometimes they have to be broken to realize. I hate the thought of that but when she comes home...maybe things can be different. Maybe the authorities could be involved since she is only 16. I know I would have mine cuffed and led wherever I thought appropriate. It might make her worse but I think that it would prove a point too. It is a hard situation with no easy answer. I have had to go to lengths with my daughter that I have not wanted to go but in the long run...it was for her benefit. He can force her into a rehab right now but in a couple of years..it will be out of his hands. At least that's the age thing here.

I am not sure of the law in Australia but here at 16 years of age she is still a child and you can get help from the law and/or Family and Children Services. I sounds as if this young lady is really heading for serious trouble if nothing is done.

I am so sorry to hear this. I pray that your neice will come to her senses before something happens to her. She is young and have her whole life ahead of her. That boyfriend of hers probably won't be there for her in the future nor stick by her through hard time. My heart goes out to you and the family. My prayrers are with you guys.

What a worrying situation for this girl’s parents! What a shame she is not seeing her boyfriend for who he is, she’s in for a lifetime of unhappiness if she stays with a control freak, and I know that from personal experience! The one positive is that you all at least know she is ok for the time being. I am wondering if the parents have any rights if she is under 18...Although forcing her to return home may only result with her running away again. My heart goes out to your brother and his wife; I hope this young girl will soon see the light. Sometimes by letting them go and make mistakes is the only way they will come back to us; tough to do though...

These are the kind of boyfriends that every parent is afraid their daughter will find. I am sorry that happened to your niece. It must not have been fun seeing your 16 year old niece drinking and smoking, plus having a controller as a boyfriend. I dont know what is wrong with people now a days. Cant say that it is the parents fault that the boy is this way but sometimes people have to take action or soemthing really bad could happen. I am happy that you niece is safe and hope she gets back in contact with her dad and doesnt see this boy again. She has so much to live for, she doesnt need to be controlled at this age by someone that isnt even family.

hi jenny, the parents should sue the girl for disobedience and for the boy for statutory rape for luring a 16 year old into his bed. maybe harsh, but i think it is the right way to make them see their mistake. ann

Ohhh she left home only in 16 years age but this age is only for going the school age. Really now new generation is very intelligent they not want to know what will happen in future. But friend ask the boys family if you know the boyfriend of your neice. She is also take drinking and smoking it means she was feeling depressing.

At her age, I'm surprised legal matters haven't been brought into it, as I don't see how a minor should be with someone who is over 18, and just running off with him. I'm sure your brother would not be interested in calling the police, though he might. I think what the daughter needs at this point is understanding, and she should feel as though she is welcome back home. Chances are, she and her boyfriend will not work out, and she needs someone to fall back on. Hopefully, she will be back home soon, and if not, hopefully she will not lose contact with her family.

Aw she got a bad boyfriend. I think you should inform her father about her so that he can make a move how he can save her daughter from her suckage life.

I don't know what it is where you are, but that's statutory rape here...