Should Teens Be Protected From Some

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Child protection is a tricky thing. It’s a complex and troubling problem for those dealing with it.
Despite our best efforts, there’s one group of children who still get a rum deal…
I’m just going to come right out and say it – teenagers too often get a rough deal from child protection services.
Now I know that child protection is a hugely challenging area. That’s a given. I’ve done it and have huge sympathy with those working in tough conditions on limited budgets.
It should also be said that on top of all this the current climate of austerity massively hampers the ability to respond to some children.
But the issue stands that there is differential treatment of teenagers when it comes to safeguarding.
Here are a few examples of where things go amiss for young people at risk:
– Diluting risk – a 14 year old girl who is absconding, spending time with unsafe adults, staying away overnight in undisclosed locations, turning up with unexplained amounts of money, her parent is lying to the Police about her whereabouts and welfare – and on it goes. Children’s services did… nothing. This sounds like an extreme example, but in my experience, it isn’t. There are clear risks – not least of CSE – but the age of the child means services sometimes don’t respond as they should.
– Accommodation – unlike younger children, teenagers have the option to vote with their feet. When the going gets difficult at home, they can leave. And they do. This brings all sorts of other issues, like:
A lack of safe and supportive alternative accommodation
The reliance, too often, on bed and breakfast options
The assumption that teenagers can live alone safely and healthily
– Self-determination – because teenagers have a level of maturity, there’s an assumption that they can make appropriate, safe decisions for themselves. A common mantra amongst some professionals is, “S/he knows what s/he wants and s/he won’t comply with anything we recommend.” This is then used as a reason to do nothing. Or very little.
I’m sure you guys can think of similar situations where teenagers slip between the stools and don’t attract the safeguarding response they need…
Here are a few suggestions about how we can begin to help keep teenagers safe:
– Risk first, age second – in my view the age of the young person too often distracts from the very real risk issues. So I would encourage CP professionals to think through the situation separately from the age of the child. Identify the potential risks, then consider how the age of the young person mitigates or aggravates these. Doing it this way around may safeguard against the tendency to assume a lack of risk because the child is a teenager.
– Change of language – I always talk about the client being a “child.” Even when they are a teenager. Whilst using the term “young person” is appropriate for lots of reasons – not least in affording teenagers the respect their age deserves – it can be a distraction. They are still a child. Using this term can help focus attention on the reality – that this is a child who may need our protection.
– Parent focus – whilst teenagers have views and these need to be very much borne in mind, parents still have responsibilities. Most of the safeguarding problems I come across have direct links with the way a young person has been parented – directly or indirectly. Appealing to – or challenging – the parent/s can ensure we focus on the things that are influencing the presence of risk.
– Behaviour as a symptoms – when teenagers’ own behaviour poses a risk, this can become the focus. I believe this often distracts us from the real issue: why this behaviour emerged in the first place. Essentially this comes down to assessment. The question is NOT about how the child behaves; it’s about WHY they behave this way. This takes us to the root problems. Address these and the behaviour will often fall into greater balance and safety.
– Assess risk properly – there is a huge amount of talk about risk these days. All too often it’s about risk to agencies or professionals. We cover our backs or our budgets at the expense of safe and effective practice. But risk isn’t that complicated – read more here. If we think clearly about the risks to teenagers, we can respond more appropriately and protect them more effectively.
The basic issue here is that age often distracts from need. Risks exist and may even be imminent, but the fact that the child is a teenager means agencies often do less. Or nothing at all.
The underlying assumption is that teenagers are necessarily less “at risk” than younger children. This isn’t acceptable. Because they aren’t.
If we really want to avoid more scandals like Rotherham, we must address the child protection issues around teenagers…
– What are your experiences of child protection with teenagers? Where can we do a better job at keeping young people safe?
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Hedgehog on 13th March 2016 at 12:38 am
An interesting comment, thank you. As an adopter of a now adult child, and in networking with other adopters, it can often feel as though adoptive parents are ‘blamed’ for poor parenting resulting in risk taking rather than acknowledging the impact of neglect and trauma in the early years before adoption. A greater acknowledgement of the challenges of adoption and that we know our children would help formulate sustainable plans in partnership.
In the early days of placement we are so often told to think toddler, even when chronologically they are well beyond that. However for many professionals supporting us when they hit mid teens they are suddenly deemed competent and able to make decisions which many acknowledge will place them at high risk. it is ’empowering’ them apparently!
jonnymatthew on 17th March 2016 at 4:29 pm
I couldn’t agree more! The physical size of the young person so easily distracts from their developmental needs, which often lag way behind their age. It’s really important from professionals – especially those in child protection – to remember this and deal with the actual child (development) not the chronological child (age).
I wish you well in your parenting endeavours – I know the feeling! :0) Thanks for commenting! Cheers, Jonny.
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Should teens under 18 have more legal rights?
Teens under 18 should have more legal rights.

Unfortunately for them, rights and responsibilities go together.

Teens under 18 should also be treated as adults by the legal and prison system.
Teens under 18 should be working to help support themselves and their families.
Teens under 18 who can not succeed in the artificial world of public school should be kicked out of school, and stop wasting everyone else's time and money. There are lots of low end jobs that need workers. If this is all they have the training and work ethic to accomplish, it is a beeter education than wasting school resources.

I wish all our teens under 18 were so responsible that there was no question about treating them as full adults. As it is, society is afraid to give them rights, because we are unwilling to let them suffer the harsh results that would likely result.
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We cannot control how long we lived on this world. Being a 15 year old and being mature for my age, I feel like I have no impact on the world around me let alone my own life, When I was 14 my father told me that my life is my life. After he said that my mother corrected him, Now I sit here thinking that if it isn't my life or my decisions, Then who's is it. Living in a world where you are to be ordered around and making your own decisions, Just because you haven't lived long enough is not a world I want to live in 😔
I don’t know about you guys but it really does bring a teen down when they here the same phrase you are to young for this, To young for that bla bla bla, Its all bs, The us is especially the worst in terms of what rights teens get, They get no say, They’re treated super inferior to Adults and honestly some of the age restrictions are ridiculous, You get you’re working papers at 14 but yet you can’t really work anywhere until you are 16, And also you have to wait till you are 18 to go on pretty much every on line dating site or even just communities, I can't stand that teens under 18 are getting left out of social groups on the Internet because of their age, All an age is is a f***ing number, An age does determines one maturity and you can even have a 15 year old that is more mature than a 30 year old, And also you have to be 18 to vote, Wtf gen z is a very intelligent generation and our voices and votes deserved to be heard more, Not denied because of a number
My mom dragged ne into places that i don't need to go like Brentwood and military camp. I think me as a 15 year old should have rights to opt out of these unnecessary places. So if you agree with me, I wouldn't blame you. Thank you if your reading this.
Should teens have every legal right of an adult? Absolutely not. But, Teens should have legal say in things such as their education and where they live. Often, Abuse is not so clear, And what our legal system views as probable cause for intervention into the raising of children would require extreme abuse or neglect. Teens are not protected from searches without legitimate probable cause on their school campus, And some students even face consequences, Including expulsion, Simply for carrying small doses of pain medication. Rather than moving in a direction towards more protection and consideration of teens, Our law continues to tighten its grip on them in ways that are ineffective.
As a teen myself, I listen and understand current events. I understand the concept of governments and why they do what they do. I also have my own opinion about it. I have been told I am really smart for my age and that I should go for a government position. Us teens may be on our phone a lot but sometimes we do use them to know facts about the current world
You have to be 18 or over to vote, Move out, Do many cool activities, Or even make your own decision! Next thing you know, In the future, America (or the world) might become a place where 17 and under are not allowed, Or even worse, You might have to be 18 or over to be alive! Even though it is not obvious, 17 and under are getting treated like emotionless antiques, Who don’t have feelings, And are no more than their guardian’s property (well, Not that oppressed, But you get the idea. Right? ) In fact, While 17 and under have to respect their elders, 18 and over are allowed to treat 17 and under however they want. Why do you have to be 18+ to be treated like you have emotions?
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Teens should have a right to say "No, Thank you. I do not want your help" to CPS. Teens should have a right to find an adult sponsor who agrees to house them, Or demonstrate that they have found a safe place to live and say "no, Thank you" to CPS. If CPS cannot show that the adult where the teen is living has a criminal background, Then they should not have the right to force the teen into CPS custody or monitoring. Imagine how much better service CPS would provide if they had to get teens to agree to their services, And if teens could just leave if they were not satisfied and take their funding with them to find their own housing. The entire budget of CPS would hinge on whether they could make their teen clients happy. Imagine how the world of foster children would change overnight! Teens should not have to live in facilities where they lock up the teens, And lock up the nail polish. They should live like what they are -- young adults, With liberty, Privacy and respect. Group foster homes should be more like assisted living arrangements, With less authority but more support. Teens should have a right to consent and REFUSE medical care. If these rights were put into place, Then the Justina Pelletier medical kidnapping would never have happened. Unless it's a life threatening emergency, If a teen doesn't want to spend the entire sixteenth year of her life in a mental asylum when she is not mentally ill, She should have a right to say "NO", And make it stick! There is no difference between a person who is 17 years and 364 days old, And a person who is 18 years old. It is an artificial distinction that make the difference between whether a person is a prisoner, Or if the person is free. That is wrong. It needs to stop.
Teens now are getting into sex, drugs, and have already been custom to violence. What they need is to have boundaries instead of letting them make themselves regretful later in life. They have enough freedom, why need more? I see kids lighting up dubies behind schools and churches and some of them don't even attend school.
Minors need to be protected from themselves, they have enough rights as it is. While their freedom of choice is somewhat restricted, that's done with good reason, and it's to keep the stupid decisions that every teenager that has ever lived makes to a minimum and not harmful to them.
Teens are still developing in many ways, it is not until the mid-twenties that the brain even reaches full maturation. Teens need protection and education and supervision to keep them safe while they learn the skills they need to be successful in life. Teens are not ready to make many of these decisions.
At 18 you should not be able to smoke or join the military. Kids should not have full adult rights until 21. I didn't understand how stupid I was until I turned about 25. At 18 your still learning and becoming an adult. The sad part is you have to have lived older than 18 to realize that.
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Teens under 18 do have some legal rights. Where I live (NY) you can work part time at 14, You can get a learner's permit to drive at 16 and hold a full time job. At age 17 you can consent to sex and have full driving privileges (on the condition of driver education). You can also join the military with parental consent at 17 and be emancipated at 16. We don't give the majority of rights to people under 18 however because they have not yet reached the age of majority, The age they are considered legally responsible for themselves and their parents or guardians don't have legal control over their affairs. We do recognize adulthood is a gradual process and that's why you gain some rights before 18, Most adult rights at 18, And all remaining rights at age 21.

To be rewarded with rights, You must have responsiblity. For example, We set the voting age at 18 because historically that was the age young men were drafted into the Vietnam War and at the time voting age was 21 but American society agreed that it was unfair to ask young men at the age of 18 to fight in a war but not vote for the politicians who would want to send them to war. Aside from the voting age, As a baseline metric when the law declares that you're parents are no longer obligated to support you and you're responsible for your actions is when we begin to bestow other rights such as marrying, Entering contracts, Voting, Gambling, Smoking, Drinking, Buying firearms, The ability to sue, Running for public office, Consenting to medical treatment on your own behalf, The ability to get body modifications, Joining the army. Getting a credit card, Etc which are rolled out between ages 18-21.

Teens under 18 do have rights protected under the Constitution such as freedom of speech, Unwarranted search and seizure, Freedom of assembly (to an extent), Etc. They have a right to an education and their parents are responsible for meeting basic financial needs. They are protected under the juvenile justice system when they are delinquent. I do think depending on how old a teen is, There can be more autonomy over medical decisions and educational decisions.

So although I hated not having much legal capacity under 18, You do understand that the ri
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