These children do not have their own actual home, and they do not have a place to grow up in because they are living in motels and public places. ... Sometimes only children are homeless because they have been thrown out of their home by their parents. ... Some children may even turn to gangs, because they feel a closer connection to this new family than they do with their biological family at home. ... The child needs to understand that most parents may not be at home because they are working to make ends meet and to change their life for the better. ...

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Thus, we employ it to describe those sleeping outdoors in any of a variety of makeshifts, or residing in temporary accommodations like the police-station lodgings of earlier generations or the emergency shelters of the present day (Baumohl 3). ... These shelters take a variety of forms such as armories, schools, churches, government buildings, former firehouses, and can also include temporary vouchers that are provided by public and private agencies, even hotels, apartments, or boarding homes. ... Still others define homelessness as being without shelter, but this definition reduces the serio...

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