HK I sympathize with you, but if I understand correctly, your sister is continuing to voluntarily "see" (which I take it to mean - have some kind of a boyfriend-girlfriend sexual relationship) a known ex-con, drug using, violence prone man who has already threatened her close relatives and who she personally knows to be making false, potentially damaging police reports - is that correct?
To me this is like "helping" a drunk - you cannot "help" them against their own will at least not on a lasting basis. I'd simply let your sister know that you are there for her without judgement but that you expect her to make sensible decisions if she wants any assistance, e.g. move out and you'll help house her and the nieces, etc. but not house her for a day while she goes back at night to sleep with the boyfriend and so on. If you feel she is endangering (or allowing danger to come to) the nieces that is something else you might want to stress to her and to consider for yourself. Ultimately, if she won't voluntarily leave this guy there is little you can do for her - depending on the ages of the nieces maybe you can do more for them.
BTW does the father of the girls have any concerns or input to this situation? If child endangerment is involved DHS might be an option too. Just know that once the door is open to DHS things can leave your ability to control.
HK I sympathize with you, but if I understand correctly, your sister is continuing to voluntarily "see" (which I take it to mean - have some kind of a boyfriend-girlfriend sexual relationship) a known ex-con, drug using, violence prone man who has already threatened her close relatives and who she personally knows to be making false, potentially damaging police reports - is that correct?
To me this is like "helping" a drunk - you cannot "help" them against their own will at least not on a lasting basis. I'd simply let your sister know that you are there for her without judgement but that you expect her to make sensible decisions if she wants any assistance, e.g. move out and you'll help house her and the nieces, etc. but not house her for a day while she goes back at night to sleep with the boyfriend and so on. If you feel she is endangering (or allowing danger to come to) the nieces that is something else you might want to stress to her and to consider for yourself. Ultimately, if she won't voluntarily leave this guy there is little you can do for her - depending on the ages of the nieces maybe you can do more for them.
BTW does the father of the girls have any concerns or input to this situation? If child endangerment is involved DHS might be an option too. Just know that once the door is open to DHS things can leave your ability to control.
Yep, She has to want out to get out. She sounds like someone I'm related too... She is addicted to the roller coaster and you have to let her sink before she ever wakes up. -- Tough love.
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