So who why dont you tell us all again how a kid whose family is comitted to a programme like ASR can leave at any time when they are underage with nowhere else to go? How without taking the option of being homeless and down and out would they go about it? Where would they live? What would they do for education, food and money?
Good question, OZ Girl. I asked my daughter where she had planned to go if she succeeded in running away. She respond by saying she really didn?t have a plan but just was frustrated with the rules and just wanted to get out and take a walk and probably would have come back on her own anyway after awhile.
But other kids sat around and said if they took off they would probably head to a friends house or sympathetic mother or father if they were divorced. There is a store about a half mile away where they could call someone to come get them. But other than a friends house most did not have any further plans.
As far as supporting themselves, personally I believe they would have a tough time especially since many of them are use to a pretty good life style. But this would apply if they were living at home and were planning on running away they would face the same dilemma.
I don?t think many kids have much of an option until they turn 18, most kids will stay where they are unless they are being abused or feeling threatened or unsafe, in this case they would just pack up and leave, never look back, without any plan at all.