Re LW 1:  I and my younger sister grew up with an alcoholic dad and he and my mother had screaming fights all the time.  It got so bad when I was in high school, that if it hadn’t been for my best friend’s wonderful parents, I would have run away from home.  They gave me a safe, loving place to escape to when I needed it.  On the night when I finally packed up my suitcase to leave, at age 18, my mother drove an ice pick through my suitcase and destroyed my entire work wardrobe that I had worked to pay for myself with after school jobs during my senior year.  I had the safe haven of my friend’s family, and thank goodness they were there for me.  (My sister got married right out of high school to escape).  I feel for the 15 year old boy who was not offered an adult to help him when he needed it.  Who knows what will happen to him, knowing he has no adult to turn to for help?  Wouldn’t the LW want an adult to be there for her son if he was in trouble?  Shame on her!