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Muggles[_10_]

On 2/21/2016 3:59 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 21 Feb 2016 11:22:54 -0600, Muggles
wrote:

On 2/21/2016 10:30 AM, Don Y wrote:
On 2/21/2016 8:02 AM, Uncle Monster wrote:
Are there not a number of closed military bases around the country that
could be repurposed for housing the homeless kids and families? Heck,
those
FEMA concentration camps could also be put to good use. o_O

Again, the "home" is just a symptom of the problem.
These kids have lost their original support systems.
Single parent, drugs, abuse, incarceration, etc. so they've
LEFT those environments ("Anything has got to be BETTER
than this!")

There are lots of places where they can get a roof over
their heads -- even if only tenuously. But, they need
encouragement and support to stay in school so *they* don't
end up as "societal refuse" -- contributing little and
requiring (support, crime, incarceration, etc.) much!

Do you expect their *teachers* to fill the role that their
parents haven't? Or, expect them to cling to others (of the
opposite sex!) in similar situations (and baby makes three)?

Expecting a "home" (housing) to solve the problem is akin to
outlawing guns to solve the "gun problem"! Or, outlawing
drugs to solve the "drug problem". It's too naive.

Maybe, a solution is combining multiple efforts.

In too many cases, untill mental ilness issues can be addressed and
treated, none of the rest of the problems have a solution..

I don't think there's a solutions for everyone because some people just
don't want a solution.

--
Maggie