Plenty of other suggestions as to what to do now, but looking on the long run, the best advice would be not to turn out like her. Don't use lack of decent parenting as an excuse to become like her or even worse and learn from her mistakes and become a better person because of it instead. My mum booted me out when I was 17.. I moved in with some mates to establish myself temporarily and then ended up moving in with other friends for 4 years.. then moved back with mum and we get a long really well now. I built a house and now moving into that next week and im 24 now.. not the end of the world dude and it will prob help you gain life skills 1 -- Sounds like he has no Life Experience. (Alot of people get turned down due to this. They are told to go out and work for 6 months) 2 -- Psychologist might not Deem him Suitable for Entry into the Defence Force. Exactly, the defence force option is not what is needed in the short term. I have been in both the Navy and the RAAF and I am still in defence. Telling someone to go and join the military off the cuff, as some people have been touting is ludicrous in this persons situation. They need to be contacting a lifeline counselor in order to help them in the short term to sort out their problems.