“There’s a common belief that all homeless people are lazy and they should go get a job, but that’s almost impossible after you’ve slept outside a couple days,” Christian said. “For a lot of these kids, it’s like gas on a fire. Some of the kids are addicted to drugs, some of them have mental health issues. All of them have trauma. And then you have to worry about people stealing your stuff, you have to worry about being raped, you have to worry about being kidnapped, about being beat up, about your dog getting in a fight or taken, about the police messing you up. You start having grown folks
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