Definition:
•
a
child who has been forced to leave home or who has run away from in different or
hostile parents
•
Those
who are forced (or fill that they have been forced) to leave. Some young people
do not feel that they have run away, preferring to describe themselves as
“staying away” from home. There are also important distinctions to be made
between those who have run away and those who are reported as missing: many
runaways are simply ignored by their families or careers and their disappearance
is not reported to the police.
Some the most common factors that decide young people being forced to
leave home, were:
•
arguments,
poor relationships and boundaries issues
•
rejection
and feeling pushed out
•
violence
•
split
family issues
•
young
person’s behaviour at home
•
being
in trouble
•
school
issues.
Conflict
v
Young
people who are forced to leave home report high levels of conflict within their
families
v
This
can be both an immediate reason for being forced to leave, or an underlying
issue.
v
This
conflict can be due to a wide range of sources, including:
Ø issues of boundaries and freedom as
young people mature
Ø clashes of values or expectations
Ø issues between parents
Ø the ongoing impact of family
change.
Reference:
•
An
Encyclopaedia Britannica Company. Throw away. Available in:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/throwaway
Picture:
• http://www.ctvnews.ca/polopoly_fs/1.1142399!/httpImage/image.jpeg_gen/derivatives/landscape_960/image.jpeg
• https://cjaye57.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/human-trafficking.jpg?w=470
•
Rees,
G. & Siakeu, J. Thrown away: the
experiences of children forced to leave home. The children´s society. Recovered: Saturday, 09th May of 2015. In:
https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/sites/default/files/tcs/research_docs/Thrown%20away%20-%20The%20experiences%20of%20children%20forced%20to%20leave%20home.pdf
• Wilson, David (2009). A History of
British Serial Killing. Runaways and throwaways. ISBN: 9780748111725
By: Dahiana Enriquez.
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