Can't share details, but does anyone here have experience living in youth housing? Dealing with a kid without guardians who's been appearing with some of my less-excellent regulars. How can I best support a kid with no family who I see semi-regularly?
Everyone else I've talked to is split between "poor little baby go easy on them" and "little shit belongs in juvie" but neither is ideal
They're twice as smart as I am and quick as a whip, don't want them ending up where my old friends did
I sadly have no directly applicable experience to draw on, but approaching people with respect is always good. Your tag thing is already good. Helping people is hard because while people need and on some level enjoy help, most people resent needing it, and hide doing so from themselves, or they might have good reason to doubt help. Ultimatly a lot of how you can help them comes down to how you can help them. If you worked in a food stall, 'accidentally' making the wrong order when you see them and 'hey, i either have to throw it out, or give it to you' is a cliche but sometimes functional way to help with food. If you have time to talk, talking about just other stuff, finding an interest, talking about math problems, getting help with a crossword can be great. Making calls on how to feel/what to do with authority (police, child protectice services/whatever) is extremely local dependant, but I would hesitate to involve anything. This is just general advice I have picked up though. Hopefully you get someone with more spesific experience or training responding.
















