The Reason Why Teens Runaway

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In a person’s life, their teen years may be very stressful. In these years they try and find out who they are and who they want to be. Most runaways have been known as throw aways for many years. They might run from family problems all the way to bullying at school. Also, they might run from addictions or just because they think they got it bad. People will never understand or know the full reason of why teens runaway. There are many reasons why teenagers runaway but some are more common than others. The most common reason teens runaway is because of abuse.

There are many types of abuse, but the main type is physical. Physical abuse can be from their parents or boyfriend/girlfriend. It can be their parents because they may come home drunk or in a bad mood and take it out on their child. It could be boyfriend/girlfriend by them getting into an argument and taking it out on each other. “Mann runaways have been beaten, neglected, or sexually molested by their parents” (Schaffer 10-11).

There could be many signs of physical abuse. They can have bruises, cuts, black eye(s), broken bones or burns. Not all the time it can be from someone else. They could have been abused in some other way, so they take their anger out on themselves and cut. The second most common abuse is sexual.

Sexual abuse happens more to teenage girls than teenage boys. Most teens that report sexual abuse have the highest odds of being pregnant. Teen pregnancy can cause a lot of health problems because they are young. This type of abuse can be very emotional for someone to deal with. “Has any adult or older person outside the family ever touched you sexually against your wishes or forced you to touch them sexually?” (Saewyc 98-105). Being sexually abused could hur...

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Saewyc, Elizabeth M., Lara Leanne Magee, and Sandra E. Pettingell. “Teenage Pregnancy and Associated Risk Behaviors among Sexually Abused Adolescents.” Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 36.3 (2004): 98-105. ProQuest. Web. 21 Nov. 2013.

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