• By tatertot721, June 22, 2010 @ 5:17 pm no!!!!!!!!!!!!don`t

• By G, June 25, 2010 @ 4:52 pm Don’t do it, talk to your parents about your problems and don’t ever give up.

• By simisolasalako, June 26, 2010 @ 1:53 pm No, i think u need to speak to someone, maybe a counsellor or something. I think there might be something wrong with you, you are not right in the head

• By starrblazing, June 29, 2010 @ 8:28 pm If you are that unhappy maybe you should live with your grandparents, tends to be better for most kids.Sorry about your bf but stop blamming that on your problems.good kuck sweetie.

• By hattrick, July 2, 2010 @ 8:35 am no, the outside world is really dangerous. don’t listen about what your brother says! you are safer in your parents hands.

• By December Starr, July 5, 2010 @ 1:41 pm no you shouldn’t stay at home and go to school until you graduate.because you do not want to end up on the streets I know from experience.to this day I still wish I would have stayed at home and finished school.Because now I have no education and live from my husbands income and it eats at me sometimes.So no stay at home.

• By maryjanesixtynine1978, July 6, 2010 @ 3:35 am no, don’t run away, it will be even harder out there on your own. you don’t have but 3 more years and you can just move out. and make sure you stay in school i quit when i was 15 and it is really hard to find a job. i’m now having to try to go back to school with 3 kids and a job.

• By daddysnurse, July 7, 2010 @ 6:55 am No, things always get better with time. If you need a place to go to, my doors are always open. If you need an ear to listen, I will. I’m a mom and maybe I can help..

• By anonymous45, July 8, 2010 @ 6:36 pm No that would be a stupid thing to do.My friends did that once and they only lasted one day.Do you actually think that your plan is going to work?You’re 15.Think what’s you’re going to do with your life.3 more years and you’ll be an adult…..trust me…if you runaway…life would be harder…

• By confuzzed17, July 12, 2010 @ 1:38 am Talk to your school counselor- it will be confidential, they will not legally be allowed to tell your parents anything you say, and they will have experience with kids your age who have had the same kind of problems. Just about everyone hates their parents when they are 15 years old- you really should talk to an adult outside the situation. if not your school guidance counselor, then maybe a teacher, or adult friend.

• By eight_butterfly_kisses, July 13, 2010 @ 4:12 am Are you sure running away from home is the answer? While I do understand and sympathize with how unhappy you are , I think you would be surprised to find that life on your own, especially at 15 is extremely unpleasant. I know you don’t want to hear “Get help, Blah, blah, blah….” but if you were really that closed minded you wouldn’t have asked this question in the first place. Is there someone you can talk to about your problems? A friend, someone you trust. Do you have somewhere to go? How will you pay for food? What about Shelter? Please think all this through before you make a decision. It sounds to me like you have some depression issues and meds. really could help if you would open your mind to the idea. In any case and whatever you decide I wish you the best and I really am so sorry that you are suffering so.

• By fenchurch_fox, July 14, 2010 @ 2:13 am Your feelings toward your parents are totally normal for someone your age. I know you’re sick of hearing that but the reason everyone says it is because it’s true. Though you might not believe it, your parents do love you and only want what is best for you. It may feel like they’re against you on everything but they are really just trying to look out for you. They are probably extra protective of you having lost a child already. I’m sorry that you have had hardship in your life but running away will only add to it. Most kids who run away end up on the street. Many of those end up addicted to drugs or turning to crime to help them deal with the life they have chosen. A friend of mine ended up on the street when he was your age for many of the same reasons you listed. He also ended up an addict with a criminal history. It has taken him years to dig himself out of that. If you want to leave that badly and want an adventure get a job and start saving your money now. Put it away in a bank account and quietly accumulate some cash to go a trip in a few years. You don’t even have to come back home if you don’t want to. Ultimately it is your choice whether to stay or go. Just know that you will be the only one responsible for your choice. You will be hungry. You will be cold. You will get hurt. That’s the cold hard truth. If you can live with the idea that all of that is your responsibility and no one else’s do it. But I hope you listen to my advice.

• By Billie, July 17, 2010 @ 1:06 pm Don’t run away!!! You may not believe this but I am sure that your parents love you. They might not have any idea that you are feeling like this. Why don’t you try to talk to them? I know it sounds corny – but maybe it might work. I totally get the whole they blame me for stuff that I didn’t do thing – my parents used to do that and I got mad – because I didn’t do it!! The thing is, I learnt that if I could talk about it to them, without getting too overly emotional and rationally and just explain it to them – they would slowly (very slowly!) get it. The friends that you have, are you very close to them? If not, why not? Are you afraid to open up to people because of your boyfriend? You just need to find a neutral person to talk to – not lecture at you. Running away is giving up. And I think that you are NOT A QUITTER!!! Stay at home – talk. Get involved more in after clubs, social whatever, I am sure that you are an interesting person and people would want to know you. Just out there and make people see that. And please rememebr to talk out any problems before you take any action. But in the end it is your decision, and whatever that is – please be safe. There are a million wackos out there and you need to make sure that you do not get hurt by one of them. Just please think about it calmly and rationally. Well you have clearly made up your mind – but you already had before you even wrote your question. So why ask us for validation? You want to be stopped – you just dont know who to listen to. ASK FOR HELP – from someone, anyone who you think you can trust.

• By randomwilliam, July 19, 2010 @ 9:59 am hay they slow down what makes you think the world will be a better or safer place when you run away? you have had it rough and i understand why you would want to go but this world tough all the people have worked them self’s out of they situations got jobs saved up moved out or gone away you have got to think of these things if you want to leave or you would be back sooner then you think!

• By erin_leigh_hall, July 21, 2010 @ 3:37 pm I don’t think running away from home is the best idea but if you can’t live at home anymore is there someone you can go stay with like a relatie or family friend? If you have no other choice but to run away talk to child services or something similar, they might be able to find you accomadtion and help you with money etc. I had a lot of problems with my parents growing up (1′m 24 now)and the only way they got resovled was by talking to them. I know it might be really hard or maybe you can’t but they need to know how you feel. They might not know how badly they are affecting you. 15 is a really hard age too. Good Luck, email me if you want

• By hidden4eternity, July 23, 2010 @ 8:34 pm Well, I’m 16 years old. I’ve got so many problems you never would have imagined. Everyone does, not everyone becomes a runaway though. I’ve already tried running away – ended up on my front door steps an hour later. It’s like a 100 knives poking you. A part of you wants to stay, the other wants to run away. Your feet are steadied to the ground. Your mind is like a swirling storm full of thoughts and questions. STOP. Think again, is this really what you want? … Sure, just about everyone says once in their life that they hate their parents. I still do sometimes. Somewhere deep inside I still love them – even after they have constricted me from accomplishing my dream. Which is the same dream for the past 8 years…. You sound so determined to run away. Like you know exactly where you’re gonna run away to…?

• By stupiddude109, July 25, 2010 @ 4:21 am Whoa! you have a lot to deal with! (and i’m sorry about all of that!) I have considered leaving home once of twice but trust me you will regret it and your parents although it doen’t seem like they really love you they do love you! I have also grown up with my parents liking my older sister better because she is an overachiever and i have never gotten the attention that i have always wanted. Every play that she has been in she get the bouquet of flowers and the praise and the celebration and party. while when i do something of the same nature i just get a pat on the back (sound familiar?) well you really just have to tough it out! just think that in like a year you will be able to drive and then you will be better off cuz you will have a car. you will also need a job for money because living out on your own costs money! lots of money! so if you can try to stay with your family a litle longer, i know that it is extremely hard (i have had 6 deaths in my family in the last 2 years of people that are really close to me and it has been hard, but not as hard as losing a sibling.) I am so sorry that you have to go through all of that crap! because it really sucks! And just to let you know i didn’t have all that many friends growing up and i still don’t but you learn to make due with what you have. i hope this helps you out! Best wishes to what ever you decide to do. email me if you want to talk about it sometime.

• By freckle_dreams, July 27, 2010 @ 6:47 pm hi, i am sry to hear about all your problems, but you just have to remember that we ALL have problems also! Heaven knows I wish I didn’t as many as I do. In short, you will regret it in the outcome. It;s easy for me to say because I’m not you, but try and get more friends and hobbies and things like that to get you away from home. you will get another boyfriend, i am sure–i’m nearly 46 and never married. i have no boyfriend either. give yourself a chance, and please don’t do anything harsh.

• By mystic_master3, July 29, 2010 @ 8:07 am If you get food clothing and a bed,stay where you are and put up with it until you are old enough to get a legal job and pay your own way.A 15 year old kid on the street is trouble waiting to happen and it will. Try finding a social worker or counsellor who can help you out,but dont rely on anyone else to keep you.Life aint like that.

• By jimmy75cj, July 31, 2010 @ 1:24 am Your just 15 and you think life on the street will be fun??? Good luck to you. A 15 yr. old on their own in this world, it will chew you up and spit you out!! You say your parents don’t care? Do you not have a bed to lie in, food to eat,warm showers,clothes on your back?? Life on your own at 15 is almost like committing suicide, the streets WILL get the best of you, if not terminate you all together. Perhaps it will teach you to realize some of the benefits you now posses. Good luck!!

• By funky_devil00, August 2, 2010 @ 4:35 am i don’t think u should run away from home.i know it must be hard for u but believe me don’t ever take the easy way out in ur life.never run,not from ur home,or ur responsibilities or even urself.always be true to urself and just sit down with urself for a while and ask urself y r u feeling bad?wat exactly is it that u hate about ur parents?try to talk to them or if u don’t want to,try ur best to be a better person,they’ll notice and things will be better.i’m telling u,no matter how bad things r at home,it’s better than being out there alone.people will take advantage of u and God knows wat’ll happen to u.it’s a dangerous world.all u have to do is make the best out of ur situation and focus on ur studies so u can go to college and build a life for urself instead of going on a road that u’ve never known before.ur still young and theoritically it seems easy to do,but the one thing i’ve learned through experience for sure about life, is that no pain,no gain. so try to give it another shot,u deserve a second chance.running away is never the answer.and btw,i’m sure ur parents love u ,be sure from that,all parents deep down loves thier kids with all their hearts it’s just sometimes they different ways of showing it.and listen if u really would love to go out on a vacation,get a job through out the year and save up ur money and go out in the summer and have fun somewhere really life is beautiful and u should enjoy it to the fullest.one last thing,NOTHING and i mean it lasts but ur family.so stick together

• By kat_791, August 4, 2010 @ 11:57 am Dang i see what u mean about all the answers being the same…..i dont think theres much of a way to answer this…u could stay but thats not gonna happen…maybe u could move in with a friend or a relative…go to a shelter but dont give them ur name…or u could go to court and ask to be removed from ur family(theres a fancy name but i cant remember it)…my best friend tryed runnin away but got found, then she had slash marks all over her thighs and wrists from tryin to kill herself, it sucks cuz theres nothin i can do…good luck IM me if u want its kat_791 at yahoo

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