Homeless Youth Essay

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Homeless Youth On Our Streets The government and its citizens should make a combined effort to eradicate homelessness forever. With the government 's funding and legislation and the people 's local support and organizations, eradicating homelessness is very possible. Many teens feel the need to leave or run away from their homes, because of the abusive and unwelcoming feelings they receive. Physically or sexually abuse, substance abusive parents, mental health disorders, and parental neglect can be one of the main factors a teen runs away. The youth, who lead the future of our nation, need to be supported and nourished. Instead, our ‘future’ resides on the streets. Teens leave their houses and join the streets to escape abuse and hurt, …show more content…

It leads to an endless cycle of homelessness. In order to progress as a country, we must educate our youth to lead a greater future. Education is a right to every American citizen, and should not be withheld due to your living conditions. If the essential needs to learn and thrive are not provided, our youth will fail to compete and succeed in the outside world, avalanching into an even bigger homelessness problem. Melinda Giovengo says, “one in three homeless young women were pregnant or parenting.” One of the reasons that could have pushed these young women to flee their houses, is their families being unaccepting of their pregnancy. They might have felt hated, unwanted, or discriminated against because they are bearing a child at such an age. Predicaments like these add to the growing number of homelessness in youth. Those young mothers will struggle to find a life off the streets, and a job. They will struggle to provide for their children, and afford housing. Without support from any family or friends, it is most likely that these young mothers and their children will succumb to a life of poverty in the streets. If action isn’t taken soon, it will become catastrophic. The number of unstable and neglected teens on the streets will grow, resulting in a future of homeless, and jobless

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