2006-06-28 09:42:10 · 43 answers · asked by ? 5 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
If the parents are abusing the child and they don't know who to turn to then they run. If they fell out with the parents over something they did or the parents shouted at them then they might run.
Abuse means stuff like not feeding and clothing the child, ignoring them and leaving them to fend for themselves. Also doing sexuall things to the child. They might call the child names and swear at them. The child might appear scruffy, unwashed and hungry and thin. It might have bruises, unexplained injuries and cuts and abrasions.
Also children might run if they have a problem like being pregnent or on drugs. If the parents stop them doing things like seeing certain friends or their boyfriend or keep them in early every night then also they might want to get out.
2006-06-28 12:26:03 · answer #1 · answered by hollycatherine99 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From personal experience, I ran away from home when I was a teenager many times because of how badly I was treated at home. I was being raised by a single mother, who drank, did drugs, and had a new boyfriend every other month; and, I had to stay home, clean, cook, take of of my infant sister, and younger brother, as well as be verbally abused by relatives, mom's boyfriends, and sexual abuse from others.....yada yada yada. This is a VERY GOOD reason why teenagers run away from home, but the streets are often NO BETTER than the home they left, so get help!
2006-07-11 22:13:31 · answer #2 · answered by jonzmom1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because those kids feel like the world and the unknown must be better than whats at home..
Or their really dumb and naive about the dangers in the world and runaway to get attention.
2006-07-05 04:05:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of reasons, I guess. Usually to do with their parents. I hate it when people always blame the parents, but that's where children look to for support and behavior model..ness. Lol. I once thought about leaving because I felt like my mother and I were on such a level of misunderstanding and trapped in such a fake niceness that I couldn't be under the same roof as her anymore. But I got over it. Communication is key.
2006-07-11 16:18:49 · answer #4 · answered by Allison 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Children have to be raised with faith in you as a parent with an established trust that if the child has an issue that they arent afraid to bring forward any problems in life to them .If this isnt established the kids generally do the only thing they know how to do . RUN .
2006-07-10 14:41:12 · answer #5 · answered by D K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i really admire lil kids because in all their innocence and naivety, they open up to others easily. some can play happily wif strangers at the playgrd. they are sincere in their frenships and this enables them to form close bonds of trust amongst one another. as for adults, when we meet new people, in some cases, there is a tinge of apprehension and doubt. trust? it has to be built. wad if you stab a knife in my back tomorrow? and even if dere is trust, there is no 100%? when you lose something very very precious (something that has kept you moving in life thru life's storms and rainbows), will you quietly wait for it to come back to you, believe that something better will come along or learn to live life without it despite the aching pain in ur heart?
some children feel that where they are living in is not a home full of love. in the sense, they are not nuture with the power to embrace love, so they ran.
2006-07-10 20:44:35 · answer #6 · answered by Princess illusion 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a loaded question! So many answers! I will tell you why I ran away as a teenager...because I didn't have the emotional intelligence or self-control to think of any other way to respond to my own anger. Because I wanted everything to be the way I wanted it to be, because I was selfish and stupid, but because I also needed more love and attention than I was getting. Because I needed someone to be there for me and I had no one to trust at that time in my life. I could go on and on. If you know a child who is in a position like this, please make yourself available to them so they have someone they can trust.
2006-07-09 07:43:36 · answer #7 · answered by leener 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They usually run away in the hopes to be listen, but they always come back unless either the parents don't love them or if the children are kidnapped by another family member
2006-07-09 02:58:47 · answer #8 · answered by tetraedronico 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they want total freedom, misunderstanding with parents. Lack of bonding relationship. Not too close family ties. they don't want to run their life by their parents. They are not satisfied with the kind of life parents given to them. Family mismanagement. Parents had lack of skills and intelligence. Children had a rude and maleducated. Family has always serious problems that can not be resolved.
2006-07-05 13:54:56 · answer #9 · answered by Arcie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I ran away because i was angry at my mother and wanted to hurt her. I had just seen a TV show where the kid ran away from home and the mother was really depressed and when the child returned she got whatever she wanted.
Didn't work that way for me.....i got the beating of my life when i got back.........never had the urge to run away again though
2006-07-12 02:20:58 · answer #10 · answered by poshprincess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋