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Are you or a friend coping with a family conflict like separated, divorced, drug addicted, abused or abusive parents?
family
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Are you or a friend coping with a problem friendship, boyfriend, girlfriend, authority figure, cult or gang?
relationships
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Are you or a friend coping with poor self-esteem, stress, anxiety, loneliness, grief, anger or depression?
feelings
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Are you or a friend coping with depression or thoughts of suicide?
suicide
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Are you or a friend coping with a lack of basic needs like food, clothing, housing, employment, or trouble at school?
basic needs
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Are you or a friend coping with prejudice, neglect, emotional, physical or sexual abuse, survival sex, prostitution, domestic violence or crime?
abuse
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Are you or a friend coping with a physical disability, sexually transmitted disease (STD), HIV/AIDS, self-harm, a psychiatric or eating disorder?
health
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Are you or a friend coping with questions about sexuality, sexual hygiene, a pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease (STD) or HIV/AIDS?
sex
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Are you or a friend coping with tobacco, alcohol, street drugs or prescription drugs?
drugs & alcohol
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Are you or a friend coping with thoughts of leaving home, running away or are you already homeless?
running away
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It's free. It's 24/7. It's for you.
call the Nineline: 1-800-999-9999
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If your child has run
Call Police Agencies
- Call local police to report your child missing
- Make sure that your child's name is entered in the National Crime lnformation Center computer
- Make sure the police send information to the state clearinghouse for missing children, if there is one in your state.
- National Clearinghouse for Missing Children
Contact Young People and Adults Who Know Your Child
- Relatives
- Friends
- Friends' parents: did their child leave too?
- Teachers and school officials
- Employers
- Clergy
- Coaches
Look For Clues At Home
- Missing clothes
- Letters
- Telephone bills: are there long distance calls that might give you a hint where to start?
Search Your Neighborhood
- Search the house or apartment building carefully - including closets, boiler rooms and storage areas
- Ask neighbors and tenants
- Alert store owners, mailmen, doormen, janitors
- Check hospitals
- Check parks, shopping malls, other local hangouts
- Call local runaway shelters and hotlines
- Call the national hotlines
- Put up posters around your area and send them out
- Place ads in the newspapers
Very Important
- Get ready for the first call from your child
- Accept collect calls
- Whether in person or by phone show concern, not anger or fear
- Tell your child you love him and want him back
- Then be ready to get some help for your family