While we mostly think hunger, lack of food, and lack of water are restricted to developing countries, runaway children, whether it's due to abuse at home, economic issues, or what not are forced to live on the minimum right here in the states. http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/10/25/us/1247465360380/when-no-ones-looking.html
For example, one girl's father had triple bypass surgery, which led to an accumulation of hospital bills that forced the family to a trailer park. In order to finish high school, the girl squatted in the foreclosed house and had to survive without running water, gas, or electricity (and I thought it was bad in Sierra Leone).
"While the kids are street savvy and petulant, they are still kids." (MX)
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