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My ex sister-in-law is very abusive to her teenage children. They ran away and tried to tell cps about it and they didn't listen to them. She has grounded he son to his room. He has been stuck in his room for 5 months, and she says he is grounded until school starts again-maybe longer.

She has a teenage daughter that she treats badly too. The two teenagers are never taken to town (she takes her 6 year old), She locks them in the house. She has a padlock on the pantry so they can't get any food then she takes the younger one out to eat.

Her son is only allowed out of his room to eat (she screams at him that he eats too much and wont let him get more), use the restroom, and clean the house.

Every time I talk to her on the phone (I stay in contact for the kids sake), she is screaming that she is going to "kick his a$$", "throw him through the wall", "kill him" etc...

CPS wont listen to me when I try to tell them this either, because she helped her brother, my ex, steal my children. They consider any report from me to be revenge oriented.

Any ideas on how to help these kids would be appreciated.

P.S. We live in Colorado

Any ideas on how to help these kids would be appreciated.

How sad - I am very sorry to hear of those poor kids (nephew and neice?). The only thing I can think of (I'm sure more knowledgeable Freepers may have some ideas) is to maintain contact with the kids as much as possible - write, call, let them know you care, there is an outside world... They are going to be (already are I'm sure) emotionally damaged because of their mothers' abuse.

Most states have something called "emancipated minor" status - actually, my sister stole my 15 year old daughter and she got it. (I wasn't abusive, the rest of the family hates religion.) Maybe a paralegal or family counselor type person could help you find out about it.