Arguments and tensions within a family can cause a young person to consider leaving home, or to actually leave home. There are a whole range of issues that can contribute to such situations including the following (or a combination of the following):
- Relationships within the immediate or extended family group
- Relationships outside of the family group
- Behaviour or breaking house rules
- Concerns about the future
- Breakdown in communications
- A need for self-expression
- Concern that no one listens or understands
Our ‘Room to Talk’ Mediation Service helps family members to resolve such issues by providing a framework that encourages constructive discussions between those involved. The aim of the discussions is to achieve greater mutual understanding and, from this, to work out plans for the future.
