What do you think of running away from home?

Normally I'd think you're wasting your time doing it to make a point, or an idiot for seriously leaving, but now I want to do it and it seems more reasonable I dont know if it is or not but what do you think of it? If someone's parents are holding them back from whatever they want to do and its not benefiting the kid then should they be able to leave?

 

How old?

 

i need more information.
what are they holding the kid back from doing?

 

The last year I left my house (silly problems with my dad).
I lived with my boyfriend 6 months (actually my ex-boyfriend) and 3 months alone.
I'm back at home ... I cant effort my apartment, my food, and my stuff.... My parents let me return home. And I am better now.
Was it worth it? hell yeahh... it was another different experience that made me mature.

What are the reasons you want to go home?

im sorry for my moderate english.... my native language is spanish.. bear with me...!

 

In alomost 99% of cases I would say don't do it- the few people I have known have usually regretted it, and two then had counselling. Seeking help (school, police in extreme cases, other family members) is usually best.

 

I don't know...I've seen cases where a person was mature enough to leave home at 17, support themselves, work on their own, etc. because her parents had drug problems and were very unsupportive of her in a multitude of ways. She ended up working her way through school and she's now a paramedic. And I know some people whom at the age of 20 + who still have no worldly concept of how to live on their own. It depends on the person and what they're mature enough to handle. I think just flat-out running away is kind of shitty. I even considered doing it at one point and am glad I decided not to. I had an older friend advise me against it because she said all the problems my folks and I were having wouldn't go away, and would be made worse, if I left. I get along way better with them nowadays and I'm glad I didn't run away because it would have made them worry and we might not have gotten to fix what was wrong between us had I left back then. I'd say if you want to leave, you should do it the right way. If your home situation is abusive or really unhappy, I would pursue legal emancipation instead of just disappearing. Get a job and a place to live if you do decide to leave, because being homeless and a runaway sucks.