<p>Agree with cobrat and others on who’s supposed to be the adult here! The OP is a minor! I’m sorry, but parents need to keep their kids in the forefront, whatever else they’re going through. I have a 13 year old nephew whose mother has very serious issues that have really negative impacts on him–not issues of taking care of a sick grandmother (as someone above described as somehow being equivalent to Billy’s situation), but issues of disastrous relationships, mental illness, drinking problems, etc. His father is only marginally more prepared to be a parent (they’re divorced; he moves back and forth between them.) N is the nicest kid–kind, funny, bright–but his parents’ inability to be consistently PARENTS is taking a huge toll on him. He’s forced to be the sane one in the family.</p>
<p>I can imagine him coming on here in a few years and getting scolded for not being more sympathetic to his parents’ issues. I just hope he can hold it together long enough to get to college and and get out (meanwhile, we and others in family stay as connected as possible to be a safety valve for him .)</p>