Runaways

Almost half of the total number of people missing every year and this proportions are largely involve teen runaways. Teen runaways are more prone of girls from secondary school. Most of them return within 72 hours after a day or two missing person reported, while others do not. Their runaways are surely not for adventure, but due to some unbearable or unsolved problems which they do not know what to do. They fail in finding even temporary solution and potential helper other than running from problems that might revolved around emotional, mental or physical abuse. They feel all the angst are so overwhelming, scared and confused with no problem-solving skill.

One of the reasons of teenage running is peer influence. For teenagers whom are not firm in holding their grounds, they are more likely fall prey to their friend’s persuasions of something involved with drugs, alcohol, “bohsia” (sexual promiscuous) and other vices. These teenagers are easily become “preys” as a way to escape from school pressure and boredom that depressed them somehow. This form of escapism will result into community inhibition that separates them from the norm and spontaneously withdraw themselves to become loners in their own group. Other than doing drugs, they spend time hanging out at Internet cafe and play games with other friends. These teenagers are also run to a new place to meet new friends with same deal to be accepted and hoping for support.

For some teenage girls, they might be running a real life love story dealing with the objection from parents. Dealing with parents objections until a certain point in which Romeo and Juliet can’t take no more, the couple will plot to make a break for it so that they able to start new life on their own regardless anyone’s oppositions. Eventhough they might manage the process with their master plan, however, most of these innocent young girls never consider beyond what’s now until they reach a point of realization they can’t no longer fend for themselves or boyfriends ditching girlfriends. Juliet argue with Romeo, at the meantime she becomes impulsive and full of anger. Girls might need attention that possible lead them to suicide just want to make their boyfriends feel sorry.

Lack of parental attention in the family is not only affect the teenagers psychologically and emotionally, but loose gap of family rapport. Strain in family relationship lead to communication breakdown and without communication of parent-children, the young will likely to feel they are unimportant and not respected or loved. The ultimate factor contribute to this rapport complication is stress, which due to fight and family feuds. Temperamental parents are whom always scolding, criticising and condemning teenagers. This parents set high expectation on children especially in academic performance. When the young realizes their failure, they feel stressed and unhappy so do a runner to avoid punishment.