I know you really, really want to do well by your cousin and have her best interests at heart. I would be very careful, though, about putting her in the middle -- do not try to make a ten-year-old "understand how much better she could have it" living with you. She probably does, but she's a kid and it's not her job to figure this out. It's not her job to negotiate with her mother and lobby to live with you. Who knows what the mother would do?
Have you spoken with a counselor at her school? They might be able to figure out if they have seen signs of neglect that warrant calling in social services.
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