What do I do if I suspect my child may run away?
If you suspect your child may run away, you're going to have to try to talk to him and let them know that that's not the answer. They're going to need to know that you care about them and that running away from home won't change the situation that they're trying to run away from. You need to find another outlet or another solution for the problem that they have. There are so many different possible problems that could equal running away from home that it would be impossible for me to answer what the right thing to do is. The right thing is always communication with your child. If you don't think you can do it on your own, there are other people you can bring in to talk to your child about it so that they know. One of the things I would do, for example if I though that my child is running away, is that I'd make sure that they're running away to somewhere I knew. They may have a family friend, there could be a relative, there could be somebody where if it's just a situation that they're got to get away for a while or they can't stand something and they're going to run away, that you give them a resource.