have you ever thought of running away from home?

@ksmita (513)
India
March 5, 2010 1:20am CST
hi. in india, you will see many kids working in hotels, cleaning cars, begging, or doing petty jobs. they will run away from home at this tender age for many reasons. leaving home with family's consent is differnt from leaving home without telling anybody or confronting anyone. not only kids, youngsters too run away from home just too fulfill their dreams. are they so brave to live independently. i can never put myself in such situation where iam all alone. have you ever came across such thought?
13 responses
• India
5 Mar 10
no i never thought to run away from home because i like some beauty girl here and i want to take that beauty girl
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• Philippines
5 Mar 10
why do they leave home without consent from their parents if they want to fulfill their dreams if they can just tell them what they want as their family might going to support them all the way. is that also due to poverty? thinking that leaving their home will give them freedom to fulfill their dream? in my case i guess i shouldn't as i know my family well, they are very supportive and very open. when i tell my mother i want to live alone so i can be more responsible and more independent she just allowed me though she always call me to check if i need something though of course i refused even if im already facing the hardship in life knowing that i can face my life without my parents help. i dont want to expect to much from them coz what if they gone nor die and i become dependent to them, then it will only be hard for me to start.
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@ksmita (513)
• India
5 Mar 10
hi. thanks for responding. well , you are lucky to have famiy who supports your wishes, but not all parents do that. reasons for leaving home could be many like you said poverty, lack of care and emotional support from family or could be just aggression to prove yourself.
• China
6 Mar 10
Yes, i did think of running away from home when i was a child. I was often scolded by my parents for doing wrong things, and because of that i felt that i was not the kid of my folks, but rather an orphan adopted by them. Though i thought of running away, i didn't really do it. I feared that i might be kidnapped or something. That's really ridiculous for me to think of it now as an adult.
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@rajaiv0810 (1012)
• Philippines
5 Mar 10
I actually did when I was 15 I think. But only for a night because my mom found me immediately. :) Sometimes, when things are tough inside a home this idea would definitely cross the mind of a person. I couldn't blame these kids especially if they are experiencing some abuse from their own parents. However, they also have to think that if they don't have to a place to go it would be tough as well. I'm sure there are only very few who were able to succeed after running away from home. Make your home as happy as possible so that your children won't think of running away someday. :)
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@kaylachan (57558)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6 Mar 10
I remember thinking when I was younger running away would solve all my problems, but I never fallowed through with it. I would just go in my room and calm down and forget about it until the next time I disagreed with my parents that baddly. Then, all would be well again, and the cycle continued. Well until I became an adult.
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@besthope44 (12123)
• India
6 Mar 10
No, i never wish to run away. Rather to go some new place to discover informing my parents where i go. Yes some kids,elders do that. They spoil themselves as they are not aware of the outside world. Even the brainy have to be careful with the outside world. So i will advice parents to take care of kids and get to understand their feelings
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• India
5 Mar 10
Yes ... When I was failed in 13th std. I was thinking to run away from my home ... But it was me who afterwords refuse to do that and Thought a lot that this is not the solution . I should not run from home like a looser .. I have the potential and I can do it once again ... This is not the solution to solve this or any kind of situation .... I did not want to live like other who leave there home after such incidences ... So I came back to my track and got success in next exam .. Now such things don't enter in my mind ...
5 Mar 10
I have sometimes thought about running away from home yes.
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@mareca11 (212)
• Philippines
5 Mar 10
I have never tried doing that. Well, because I'm afraid. I had to ask these questions, Where should I go? How would I eat? Would I get a job in my age and educational level? You can actually fulfill your dreams without leaving your house. But take note that this is based on culture. My professor told me once why people from other cultures have too many traditions that are 'old' in today's society. I mean, the world is now moving to a more liberal point of view. And some cultures sometimes can't still accept that fact. They are still putting up their old traditions that's why the younger generations who are more exposed on the liberal side of the world are facing confusions whether to follow their traditions or go with freedom and liberalization. And when they chose freedom, sometimes they end up running away. :)
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@cloud31 (5809)
5 Mar 10
Yes i've been with that kind of thoughts when i was in my adolescents, its just normal to a young girl/boy to be aggressive on that stage, as you don't want anybody intervene into your plans and decision,but actually fulfilling dreams doesn't not requires running away from home,you can still fulfill every of your dreams along with your loved ones.Its nice to have someone beside us when we are about to get into a way to fulfill our dreams and achievements in life. Happy myLotting!
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@fred11 (62)
5 Mar 10
no they wont solve anything. Because problems will occur during run a ways. Me and amy parents just talked things through.
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@CarmenA (127)
• United States
5 Mar 10
I used to think about it when I was young because I felt that I was so misunderstood and different than my family. But I knew that I wouldn't make it and had nowhere to go. However at 16, since I couldn't get away, I started involving myself in a lot of negative activities. I couldn't wait to get out on my own. Now that I am 26 I see that there is nothing easy about being on your own, and miss the love that I was given as a child. I wish that I had not taken that love for granted. I feel sorry for hurting my parents growing up.
@iamamommy (163)
• United States
5 Mar 10
Yes, i have actually ran away from home a couple years ago. But after i was gone for a couple days i knew it would just be hard for me because i had no job and no money at all to live off of. So I finally went back. It wasnt worth running away. But in some peoples situtation it is the right thing to do to get away from a bad life.
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