between 1.6 and 2.8 million youth runaway
each year in the United States according to
the Polly Klaas Foundation, a national nonprofit dedicated to the safety of all children,
the recovery of missing children, and public
policies that keep children safe in their communities (www.pollyklaas.org). Many of the
adolescents who run away find themselves at
the mercy of pimps or pedophiles and a destiny God never intended for their lives.
Others, who do not run away, begin
at an early age positioning themselves to be
exploited by flaunting their budding body
parts with clothes that are too short, cut
too low and fitted so tightly, the sl