of 74 that he had defined his childhood self-concept based on freedom. See also International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children Refugee children Street children Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway Child abandonment – children whose parents remove them from the home or refuse to allow them to live at home Disownment – declaring that a child is no longer part of the family References Further reading Brennan, Tim, David Huizinga, and Delbert S. Elliott. The social psychology of runaways. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1978. . Fernandes-Alcantara, Adrienne L. Runaway and Homeless Youth: Demographics and Programs. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service, 26 April 2018. Janus, Mark-David. Adolescent runaways: causes and consequences. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1987. . Goldberg, Jim. Raised by wolves. Zurich and New York: Scalo, 1995. . Whitbeck, Les B., and Dan R. Hoyt. Nowhere to grow: homeless and runaway adolescents and their families. New York: Aldine de Grutyer, 1999. . Gwartney, Debra. Live through this: a mother's memoir of runaway daughters and reclaimed love. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. . External links National Runaway Switchboard for young people in the United States and U.S. Territories The Runaway Helpline for young people in the United Kingdom Family and Youth Services Bureau National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth Adoption, fostering, orphan care and displacement Children's street culture Street children