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[quote=Anonymous]My sister,  who I don't interact with much,  sent me an email today regarding my 22 yr old niece (our brothers daughter.) the email indicated my niece is having some problems with my brothers wife of 18 mo fighting with my niece and not allowing her to visit my brothers other kids (my nieces siblings.) my niece lives in her own apt with her sister who has problems,  possibly autism or something) and is truly a nice,  responsible young woman who had a shitty start in life thanks to my brothers first wife (mother of his 6 kids) who was lazy and neglectful. That's another thread. Anyway,  my sister got message from my niece saying she's been thinking about ways to end it all because she can't deal with the way he step mother is treating her. My brother is the type to not confront problems and just say Ok Ok to please whoever is standing in front of him bit then not take any action to fix problems. I don't know a lot about the new wife other than she's been having mental health issues and has been in a psych ward at least a couple times recently to try and get her meds straightened out. She was my brothers hs girlfriend,  they broke up,  then got in touch a couple years ago around the time of his divorce.

My question here is what do I say to my niece, how do I help her? My sister and I are going out to dinner with her tonight and I want to come armed with something helpful I can do or say to help her understand yes she has a shitty family, no it's not her fault,  yes you can make your future better by living your life the way you want,  yes I agree your step mom is a nutcase,  no you shouldn't take that personally etc.

I also want to kick my brothers ass (metaphorically) for allowing his wife to make his child feel that way. I feel like his #1 priority should be his kids, 
Not the new wife.

Help me to help my niece,  and I'll deal with my brother later,  after I've talked to her tonight and have a better sense of what's going on. [/quote]

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