They are often unwilling to ask for and accept support even if it is available. Most want to be independent and don't like being placed in a child-like position by being too reliant on parents. Many parents will be aware that a brash, apparently selfish and aggressive attitude on the part of their older children may cover feelings of anger and humiliation at being so dependent. Unemployment may increase the difficulties. Parents who have expected reduced financial responsibility for their older children, and gradual separation from them, find they have to adjust to a different reality.
Young people have to face being dependent for longer.
The choice for young people is often poverty if they remain at home and poverty if they go. We also have very clear evidence of the close relationship between unemployment and youth homelessness. Some young people have no way of relieving their poverty, no fall- back position at all. The 1992 Federal Budget contained some important initiatives aimed at tackling youth unemployment, many of which were originally announced as part of the July 1992 Youth Package. The emphasis was on job creation and education and training, with some minor adjustments to income support regulations.