As a matter of fact, it has been noted that, “many youth run away, and in turn become homeless, due to problems in the home, including physical and sexual abuse…and parental neglect” (Finzel 1). Children that are having problems at home sometimes run away because they find that “it is easier to live on their own than to live in a critical home” (Lehman 1). Unfortunately, statistics show that once youth get on the streets their situations do not improve in the way they had hoped for. What is more, once they have left home these youth encounter various other problems in the streets. While these problems replace their home life problems they aren’t a solution, in fact in many cases they are even worse than the problems they were having at home. If home life conditions were improved teenagers would not be forced to do what they see as the only option. Instead they could stay at home in an environment where they feel safe and not have to experience what they do on the
As a matter of fact, it has been noted that, “many youth run away, and in turn become homeless, due to problems in the home, including physical and sexual abuse…and parental neglect” (Finzel 1). Children that are having problems at home sometimes run away because they find that “it is easier to live on their own than to live in a critical home” (Lehman 1). Unfortunately, statistics show that once youth get on the streets their situations do not improve in the way they had hoped for. What is more, once they have left home these youth encounter various other problems in the streets. While these problems replace their home life problems they aren’t a solution, in fact in many cases they are even worse than the problems they were having at home. If home life conditions were improved teenagers would not be forced to do what they see as the only option. Instead they could stay at home in an environment where they feel safe and not have to experience what they do on the