I have a college-age daughter who I am sure is gifted, especially with regards to Art, sculpture, and writing. Her father and I are divorced, and after the divorce he kind of "took over" everything, including their college education. Their was a tremendous amount of disappearing money, including money for their college, which my exhusband spent on lawyers. He has chosen a very cheap, local college to send my daughter to. She is wasting her life and her time and her gifts. Her father tells her that there is no hope and no way for her to do what she wants and loves (pursue a future in Art). Frankly, I know nothing about money and I have absolutely no idea how to help her. She is becoming depressed. She is taking teaching courses, which she hates, and I have heard her weeping over this. She belongs in an Art college and she has to get away from him. He does not want her to go away to college because he does not want to "lose" her and he is doing everything in his power to disenpower and discourage her. He tells her there is no money. He tells her she'll never make a living in Art. He tells her that her grades are not good enough. The truth is, her grades are good enough and she can make a living out of Art. I have to help and I don't know where to start. My older daughter also needs help. She completed four years of college studying something she has no love for or interest in, and now her father is pressuring her to take a job that she hates, and he is not above using false guilt or any mental tactics to get them to do what he wants. I see it is taking its toll in every way. They want their father's love and approval, but the price is too high. The cost is their life and happiness. The most pressing need right now is for me to find a way to get my younger daughter into an Art college away from here. Thank you.
