Ahh. Ok, I've been getting hell from my parents and it's affecting my results - they're doing a sky-dive. I was telling this to my friend. He said that I should sue my mother for Child Abuse. At first I was, liek, [wtf?]. I googled it, and realized that I indeed CAN sue her.

Some examples:

Physical Abuse

Physical abuse occurs when a child is physically injured by non-accidental means.

Some examples that would be classified as abuse are:

excessive discipline or punishment
forceful shaking (of children below 5 years old)
burning, tying up or slapping the child
giving alcohol or unsuitable drugs
trying to suffocate the child

Emotional/ Psychological Abuse

Emotional or psychological abuse refers to the significant impairment of a child's social, emotional, cognitive and intellectual development, and/or disturbances of the child's behaviour. This may result from behaviours such as persistent hostility, ignoring, blaming, discriminating or blatant rejection of the child.

Some examples that could be classified as abuse are:

telling the child that he or she is useless or worthless
rejecting the child physically and emotionally
verbally abusing and threatening the child

Neglect

Neglect is the deliberate denial of a child's basic needs.

Some examples that would be classified as abuse are:

failure to give the child adequate food
failure to provide the child shelter or clothing
denying the child proper medical care and supervision
forcing the child to do things not appropriate for his or her age

What is Child Abuse?
As stated in the Singapore Government Law

Under the Children and Young Persons Act:

Child abuse is defined as any act by a parent, or guardian, or caregiver that endangers or impairs the child's physical or emotional well-being.

A child is defined as a person below 14 years old.
A young person is any person who is 14 years and above but below 16 years old

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Liek, I can sue her for 3 things.. =__=

QUESTION : Should I sue her?

sue, no.
but what you should do is then go to a child line or the police and ask for legal advice on the mater of course.
then if she continues and doesnt meet any warnings, then of course, sue her, just don't rush in to something like that, you may regret sueing your own mother later on in life.

but the fact that she is hurting you etc.. then legal action does need to be taken and I would advice your mum gets help from a social worker on how to be a good parent.

Threatening to sue her, eh? Well, I think that you shouldn't ask of this at a forum, even tho it has a good reason. This is something you should figure out of yourself, really.

And I suggest that you do what Miss Dephier said before me. It's the best solution to it.

If you start sueing, mass media might report, might cause a chain reaction since, there are more serious cases than yours.... But it might make parents think twice...

Call the police or something. Don't sue, mainly because of what Time said.

This is purely your desicion but I would talk to her first see why she's treating you in that way if that doesn't work ask advice from friends and family or child-lines. If not then go ahead with it if you think it's right but if you decide to sue and as someone has already mentioned, he may later on regret sueing your mother. So talk to her first, see how it goes ..

Everyone gets hit by their parents some time and by trying to sue your mum may only make matters worse, you need to get out the house mum and give your mum some time on her own. I suggest you go out with your friends for a few hours a day and if nothing changes then you can do as you wish.

Ditto, hopefully she will just change and you can put the past behind you.