The modern Huckleberry Finns: young runaways are fleeing school, parents and boredom. Not all come back

Article Abstract:

There are a number of factors that prompt young people to run away from home, according to the National Missing Person's Helpline. Most commonly, the runaway is a girl who wants to be with an older man whom her parents do not wish her to see. However, running away may also be prompted by concerns about academic performance, by bullying at school, by stress at home or by the need to gain independence. The vast majority of the 100,000 people under 18 who are reported missing in the UK each year return home very quickly.

Young adults, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Runaway teenagers, Runaways

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Some just keep walking

Article Abstract:

Many of the men who go missing in the UK really want to be found, and an appeal by their family can therefore be very effective. For middle-aged men, disappearing from home is usually prompted by debt, the burden of excessive responsibilities or depression. However, some men just feel the need to escape, and often simply go off without having planned to leave in advance. It is rare for a man to go missing because he is having a relationship with another woman.

Missing persons

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Keep young and employable

Article Abstract:

The UK government is soon to debate a Bill which would make it illegal to specify upper age limits in job advertisements. This is unlikely to become law, but is significant in indicating that there is growing public opposition to ageism in the workplace. Age discrimination has now become widespread, and employment prospects for those aged over 40 are increasingly bleak. This approach will have to change as the population becomes older.

Analysis, Column, Age discrimination

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