My brother went through a very nasty divorce about ten years ago. His eldest daughter is now 16. She was kicked out of her mother’s house because she is “too messy”. She does not get on with her father’s second wife (they now have their own boy of four), and she cannot live with them. Instead, she is living with her grandparents (my parents), who are worried that if they do not help out she could just “disappear”. They, however, are now in their seventies, and instead of enjoying their twilight years, find themselves caring once again for a stroppy teenager with all the problems that entails… Continue reading