my mom is very neglectful to my needs. i'm still a minor, but i have to rely on my dad and my grandma for help with everything because she never does. my mom recently gave birth to her 8th child. she is not rich, we live in a 3 bedroom apartment, and she does not make a lot of money. i hate that she continues to do what she pleases and never thinks about what anyone else wants. i am only 16, and i've been a free babysitter for her since i was 9. i just want freedom, i want to get a job, i want to learn how to drive. she always stalls on doing anything she says she will do. i'm so tired and it's not fair. plus, she withholds my medication from me—i haven't taken it in around four years—and i continually ask her for braces and for a crown for my cavity and i get crickets. every. single. time. why did i get a mother like her? she was supposed to be a doctor. she was supposed to do something great with her life. her boyfriend is a jailbird. this can't be what she wants for herself. for me.