When raising children, family help is crucial. There’s a reason the saying “It takes a village” is used to this day: parenting, work, and just the regular stresses of daily life mean parents need all the help they can get. Yet, instead of helping, some families might hit parents where it hurts most when they’re at their lowest.
When this single mother was struggling to find housing, her mother and sister volunteered to take her daughter in. But when she got back on her feet a few weeks later, the situation got super sus: they enrolled the kid in school without her knowledge, refused to tell her where, and threatened to call CPS. As a cautionary tale about how family members sometimes work against you, she shared her story online.
