Look, honey, I'm sorry that your family sucks, but do you fucking realize that CPS has a hard enough time removing a child who is being

raped or beaten, they are NOT going to remove for "developing self-esteem issues", holy god. And furthermore, foster care is NOT good for a

kid's "self-esteem", and he would run a risk of being abused or bullied by adults or other children in foster care or group homes. YOU ARE

OF LEGAL AGE. IF YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD GET HIM LEGALLY REMOVED FROM HOME, WHY THE FUCK WOULDN'T YOU CARE FOR HIM.

You wouldn't be able to? That's odd, we have a mutual acquaintance who did just that – turned 18, got custody of her younger brother, and

worked multiple shitty jobs in order to raise him through high school. I'm sure she'd be glad to give you pointers. :|