A terrible situation...is there anything I can do?

Australia
March 31, 2007 4:13pm CST
I'm feeling realy sad right now about the situation with my three younger siblings. My Dad got divoced from my step-mother, and took a high-paying job in indonesia, leaving the kids with the ex wife, who is turly a very bad person and mother, back here in australia. He insisted that he needed the money he'd get from this great job he's got, and it would only be for three years. Now, a year and a half later, my ex-step mother and her new boyfriend have just moved to singapore, taking my siblings with them. She's a terrible mother, and he's an idiot, and they aren't happy there. My Dad is so busy with work, he can't take them to live with him, and he's most likely going to be promoted to a higher position that will keep him in jakarta until he retires! my siblings will be lucky if they see him once a year, and i may never see them again for many years! I'm so worried, they're only ten, twelve and thirteen, and they're so far away with a truly horrible, negligent person to look after them, and I can't see them! I'm so upset, and don't know what I can do to make the situation better! Does anyone have any idea how I can do anything to fix it at all?
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@debshie (392)
• Philippines
31 Mar 07
yeah the sotuation is indeed terrible. why dont you take care of them? otherwise, there is no other way t0 fix it all.Seems to me that your father doesnt care that much. For me, there is no other way but to take care of them yourself.
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• Australia
31 Mar 07
I really wish i could take care of them! but i'm an unemployed 21 year old who lives with her mother and is about to start university. My Dad loves them very much, but doesn't understand that children need a good family and environment more than they need financial stability. And even worse, all the money he is constantly sending is going straight into the ex's pockets, with very little actualy being spent on them! waaah! He makes the terrible mistake of justifying the easiest course of action. Thanks for replying!