That is not unusual Flickety. I also have heard of teenagers using the home of a man with mild learning difficuties as a truancy bolt holt and scrounging from him etc. But he liked the company and would never press charges. Its very difficult for any one to act on his behalf unless he made a complaint or could be deemed to be unable to make a competent decision about his situation.
I had met a woman who as joan described had an abusive and alcoholic husband, and sons with difficulties. She always looked very tired unkempt and depressed. Then not having seen her for sometime she arrived in the office one day looking a completely different woman, neatly dressed and clearly had begun to look after herself. I commented on how well she looked and she told me she had dumped her other half and had counsellng for herself and had transformed into a confident and much happier woman.
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