Whenever I encounter a young person who is living on the streets, I wonder whether or not his or her family knows where s/he is. I have to admit that my first instinct is to question how his or her family has allowed their loved one to become so marginalized and isolated. But then it occurs to me that he or she may have already exhausted the family’s resources for taking care of a troubled adult. Still, there is a big difference between a business or park posting no loitering signs and a group of family members  effectively passing a no loitering sign in their hearts.

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