14 year old niece heading down wrong path
I am writing on behalf of my 14 year old niece. I am very concerned about her. She constantly speaks of running away, and leaving home. She says that her mother (my sister) is horrible to her. My niece admitted to me that she is afraid of her mother. My sister has been married multiple times, and has moved her children at least seven to eight times per year. They have never finished a year at the same school. My sister also has a horrible temper. Here lately , these problems at home have seemed to effect my niece more strongly. When she visits me, she talks about wanting to sneak out with boys, and she talks about her friends that do drugs. She has always been such a good girl, and now she is changing. Is there anything that I can say to her, to keep her from heading down the wrong path? I do not want to see her ruin her life, but I truly feel that she might get pregnant or something on purpose just so she could get away from her mother. I love her like she is my own daughter. How can I help her?