I’m sad and scared because I’m being put in a group home
What to do?
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Be on your best behavior the entire time you are there. If you show that you don’t need to be there, the home will be quick to transfer you back home. They have limited space, so they try to only keep kids there if they truly need to be there.
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Thanks, tryna do that
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My daughter had difficulties when she was a teen and spent some time in group home environments. She made friends there. Learned to follow house rules. Did chores like cooking and cleaning and kept her room clean. She had school and extracurricular activities. Yes, she missed me and her brother, but she was happy and active. It won’t be so bad.
I’m not happy… 
guess i’ll kms or smth else
Is this the truth? Are you really being sent to one or do you want more attention? I was in a crisis center as a teen for a while. I received a lot of therapy at that time. I slept a lot because I was so exhausted. I was only allowed to attend school for 3 hours a day. I did the rest of my work independently. I eventually got out. I was emancipated
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There’s no reason to kill yourself because of going to a group home. You’ll get the attention you’re craving.
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What attention do you mean?
You have specifically asked us to give you attention as recently as yesterday
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Because you said you lied before. Now I don’t know when you’re telling the truth or just attention seeking
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Unless it is private, why are you being put in a group home?
Did they tell you? Or did you ask them?
I live in an assisted living center for the mentally ill, which is pretty much a group home. It’s not bad. Try to keep a good attitude and it will go better.
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If the rules there are anything like the rules here, they are not allowed to restrict your access to your own private property. They may leave the phone in a locked area when you aren’t using it, so it stays safe from the other kids. But if you ask for it, they would have to give it to you. The only way they could take it from you without your consent is if your parents donated the phone to the group home with the caveat that you be allowed to use it at certain times. We never restricted the kids from using the house phone whenever they wanted, and usually encouraged them to make at least one phone call every day. If you live in a home with a lot of phone traffic, there might be a limit of how long you can use the phone at any one time.
That is only if the laws governing group homes are the same in your country as in my state. Things might be different there, but if they are, I would imagine it would err on the side of more personal freedoms, rather than less.
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One thing you’ll want to do right away though, is establish yourself as helpful and compliant. Offer to help cook dinner, offer to participate in group activities, offer to help do the shopping, etc. The group home life can get pretty boring at times, so take advantage of whatever activities you can do to help pass the time. The more you establish yourself as a positive contributor, and the more you show good behavior, the quicker you will graduate from the home.
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Probably do you good mate. Get some therapy. And i mean that in a nice way. You got issues.