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Kids Running Away Research Paper

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Teens running away is becoming a lot more common. Maybe because of the social media input on life or maybe because kids are thinking they can do it alone. Whatever the reason it is not okay. According to the National Runaway Switchboard the average of kids running away is 1.6-2.8 million kids each year in the United States. That is a lot of kids. Some may be family problems and some could be because they think it will be better for them.

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