On the Run: How to Investigate and Find Your Runaway Teen

My name is Robert Kintigh and I am a parent to 3 adult children. When my middle child was a pre-teen she ran away 8 times. I wrote this book to help parents see the signs of a troubled teen, know what to do before they become a runaway, and know what to do once their teenager does run away.Have you ever had these challenges before:has your teenager been withdrawn?had your teenager fallen behind in school?caught your teenager doing drugs?heard reports of bad behavior about your teen?not have the relationship with your teenager you used to?had your teen staying out later than they should.found alcohol missing from the cabinet or had it replaced with water.always on their smartphones communicating with others more than the family?had them break into vacant homes?ran away before or even multiple times?The good thing is in a weird way I used to be in your shoes, and although my children are all grown up now, I am on to a new generation of children called my grandchildren. This time around I get to fix my short-cummings, but the great news is I can help you avoid the mistakes I made.My daughter was very motivated and the levels she went to deceiving us especially before, during, and after she ran away was shocking. Our daughter would hide our car keys, and she would steal cash from me to always snooping around the house became alarming. We tried so many things with her and nothing ever seemed to help. We took away electronics to cut off communications with the children whom she was getting in trouble with and she kept finding ways to communicate. We took her out of school and briefly homeschooled her and that became worse. We spoke to her school counselors and kept her out of jail, and yet nothing would take. Something had to change, but we did not know how it was going to happen.Then she started to run away and that is where the challenges occurred. We had thought everything leading up to this point was the tough part, but we had it all wrong. Now we had to go out into this big world and find out teenager, and that pr