Warding off evil mudra can be quite effective also. This could easily be taught to the kids.
Chysocolla is relaxing, heals feminine energies, and helps one get out of disharmonious relationships.
"Chrysocolla is best known among Native American Indian cultures for its capability of strengthening the body's resistance and bringing about calm feeling where there has been upset and turmoil."
"Chrysocolla make s abridge of energy between the Earth and the Sky, the physical and the spiritual planes. A stone with very feminine energies, chrysocolla ease the mental and emotional pains of any troubled relationship by relieving tension and bringing out your inner strengths.
When attempting to remove yourself from a troublesome or even dangerous relationship or situation, especially those filled with emtional tension, draw a nine inch circle on a piece of paper. Set a peice of chrysocolla in the center of the circle, sit and meditate on what this situation is costing you in manners of self-esteem, physical danger, emotional stress and psychological duress, as well as monetarily. Force yourself to see it for it's full and true ugliness....no excuses! Do this for nine nights, each time moving the stone closer and closer to the edge of the circle. In the meantime, take whatever measures are appropriate and necessary for you to be safe. By the end of the ninth night, you should be able to remove the stone completely from the circle.
If however, you have procrastinated, and taken to steps to physically help remove yourself from this situation, moving the stone to the edge of the circle will not gain you freedom from the problem. You may start again, but you should consider why you were unable to do it the first time, before beginning again." -
http://shimmerlings.com/gemstones/chrysocolla.htm
Another thing is just like a bully the spirits will get bored fast if one is indifferent. It's only fun for them if they get a reaction. Dark spirits would be afraid of light if they are identifying with dark, so laughing and smiling through it all will likely put and end to their charade.
Don't get caught in martyrdom, do what you feel led to do, but remember you can only save your self. If your are doing well then you are in a position to influence others positively.
Jet helps lessen depression. It absorbs negative energy and turn it into usable energy.
I find warding off evil mudra combined with happiness mudra with the other hand to be very effective.
I've heard conflicting things about using books, if you have experience and know what your doing great. I have heard that book's that are obvious and the first thing one would find when looking to get into magic can be put there as stumbling blocks for anyone not taking magic seriously enough. Anyone taking it seriously enough goes through the bother find out for them self. Even good books will sometimes have errors deliberately to see if one is just blinding using the book or connecting within them self just as the author has done to come up with such a thing.
It is right to put responsibility back in her lap, she attracted this situation somehow and if she truly wants to get out of it she can find a way. Be ware of people who say that want a solution but just want to make noise, the way to tell is to give them a solution. If they act upon the solution they are genuine, but if they don't act upon the solution hearing about it will cause anxiety as it is taking away their excuse to either not do anything about it, or to continue complaining about it. Also know the difference between complaining and expressing a need and be sure the solution is apt.
Light has nothing to fear of darkness. It seems you know this, but if you can impress this upon the family the result could be miraculous. Music can be very good for spirits. The amount of tripping happening in my life there must be spirits working with me. I play drums Which I have been told helps for having a good relationship with them, as they like music. Someone told me they can see spirits dancing when I drum. Any music can do this. Getting the kids learning music could do a world of good.
Also keeping busy helps immensely, as busy hands are happy hands, and boredom leaves the mind to wander and there is no end to the phantoms a bored mind can come up with.
Some symbols can invoke protection also like Algiz, rune from the elder futhark.
