Hi Michelle,

I hope you can stick in there as Veronica will definately need you. For a mother to send a child away as punishement is a crime in my opinion, both cruel and unjust.

My father was treated in much the same way by my grandmother, something my brothers and I only found out about in the last few years. Unfortunately for him there was nowhere to go but a string of boarding schools and foster homes and then entry into the navy as a cadet at 13.

As a result he grew up as a rather remote sort of person and only in the last years has he been a more open and trusting person with immediate family.

Hopefully you will be able to make a difference to this young lass and prevent her from having more heartache than she has already.

Sadly if her mother has thrown her out before it will easily happen again. Good luck to you.