254 - Teenage Girls

Can you cover the general subject of young women aged 16-18 today and their life path? The background is I am trying to talk to my 17-year old sister who lives in Atlanta. My Father and I are in New York and I have a different mother. My sister says she wants to get into Forensics but has a 2.5 GPA and very poor PSAT scores, particularly in Math/Science. She takes the SATs in December and I don't think the score will be good. So I told her you need to find another interest which is more realistic given your grades. She says she has none and "You are not helping!" Long story short her Mother is not a good parent. There has been neglect in the past one of which incidents which transpired was sending her to school at 12 years old in 15 degree February weather with no jacket walking through the ghetto. This was all caught by a private investigator in the car with my Dad and Aunt. Of course it wasn't enough evidence for my Father to be granted custody. She refuses to leave her mother after High School graduation because the Mother is a loser that doesn't want to work. There is some more depth and background to this situation but let's just say on top of the generational difference (I am 28, my sister is 17) it's hard to communicate with her due to the distance and her Mother telling her lies about my Father and me. I am sure she is also trying to pull on emotional strings to get sympathy from her and abuse the Mother-Child connection. How can we break her free after she graduates (she wants my Father to support her Mother financially and it has already been clearly defined that would NEVER happen EVER). My Father is willing to provide housing for my sister while she goes to community college (due to her poor GPA) and I will be using my social/professional

connections to help her get ahead. But none of this is on the table if she remains in Atlanta with her Mother or attempts to include her Mother in this offer. How do you talk to a 17 year old female and get her to take life seriously? I don't want her coming to me when she is my age asking for money or assistance. It will make me look bad to my professional contacts and could potentially be used as blackmail material if I become highly successful.

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