Young homeless people and their families

Joan Smith, Sheila Gilford, Ann O'Sullivan

1 December 1997

This qualitative study found evidence that many parents see 16 as the age when it becomes acceptable for children to leave home in cases of conflict. The researchers conclude that this suggests a disparity between parents’ views of their responsibility to provide support for older children and policy assumptions of what parents will provide.

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