If I admit these things, will they remove this child from my house?
I live in Colorado, USA.
If I admit that I am having thoughts of harming a 14M in my house or that I am willing to hurt myself in front of him, would CPS remove him? If I just say it, would just saying it, have them remove him?
This is drastic but I'm desperate. I cannot live like this anymore, and I cannot let my mom take the blame if CPS wants to charge her with abuse and neglect for surrendering him, even if her health is poor. (This is what they told us verbatim)
You will think I'm a monster but I don't care anymore.
He is willing to throw his legal guardian in jail, just so he doesn't have to stay here. He had his mom pick him up, which is against court orders. The police had to bring him back. He is willing to have his mom go to jail if he wants to runaway to her again.
He doesn't like chores, he doesn't like bedtime schedule's, he doesn't like to clean his room when we ask and we are trying to remove roaches.
He eats and leaves food and wrappers in his room. It's a biohazard. He hasn't showered in days, he hasn't washed his clothes or bedding, he reeks of urine and so does his room.
He isn't taking his medication anymore, which resulted in him getting physical, referred to day treatment next school year, and bullying kids. He doesn't do therapy anymore because he wasn't interacting and was rude to the therapist.
He has told kids that their mom does method and that their uncle abuses them (he might be projecting but he won't open up to a therapist)
He's told kids to cut their wrist vertical. He harasses kids from his school online daily, where he just had to go to court for harassment a few months ago.
He wasn't able to finish the school year because he didn't want to improve his grades.
He refuses any help, any encouragement, anything. He's glued to his phone and when he doesn't have his phone, he will get verbally abusive and sometimes tries to get physical.
He will eventually try to attack us, he has tried to before but didn't seem to have the courage to go through with it.
We told CPS all of this and they said they would give us resources but ghosted us. They said they couldn't remove him for all this behavior, it's just typical teenage behavior and trauma.
He needs someone else more equipped and if not, a facility. He is too out of control. I am afraid he is going to set the house on fire, or attack us with a knife one day.