I'm 14. How can I move out of a unwelcoming environment?

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celia

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Okay, so my parents have been extremely hard to live with. They blame everything on me, whether I'm at fault or not, they jump down my throat about everything, and they have straight out told me that they're sick and tired of me. They tell me I'm a bad kid and that I'll never amount to anything. Just the other night we got in an argument because I misheard how they wanted me to fix dinner. They screamed at me over it and when my dad asked what I did, I told him I did what I thought I heard him say. He threw a soda can at me and scream that that was a lie and that I had decided that I knew better than them and had decided to do things my way. They put words in my mouth and never listen to my side of the story. I want to move out, and I have a place to go, but I don't have their permission to leave. I think moving out would be best for all of us, that way we could just cool down for awhile-it doesn't have to be permanent. How can I leave? Do I need to try legal action or what? I could probably get them for verbal abuse, but I don't want to do that because I know that deep down they love me. Is that the only way a 14 year old can leave their home though. I need help now, because it's starting to affect school because I stay up at night replaying things they said and I said. I can't let my grades drop and they will if this doesn't stop.
 
First of all, I would tell my parents that I intended to do something about it if the verbal abuse continues, and if it does, then you can contact Social Services or tell a counselor at school about it. Maybe something is going on with them that you do not know about. Why do you have to fix dinner if you are in school?
 
I'm sorry you are going through so much!

You could tell someone at school-like a counselor-but the state will investigate your parents and if need be-they will take you out of the home. They do try to get children back to their parents-but sometimes it doesn't work. It it's up to the judge to say when you return-not when you want to and you have no choice in where you stay-they will place you into foster care or group housing.

If you do not have permission to go to someone's house you will be considered a runaway-and if your friend lets you stay their-the parents could get into big, big trouble.

So if you can't bear life at home-then make sure to tell someone who will listen and do something about it.
 
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