Parents often advocate or stand up for their kids and kids usually trust them for help. Linking advocacy with solving problems Many children and young people experience being treated unfairly by others. One way to solve problems about unfair treatment or a poor service is to complain about it - but most kids don't know that they can complain or how to do it. Complaining can be complicated and most kids would need an adult's help to do it. This makes it especially hard for kids who don't feel like they have any adults they can trust.
Some kids have a lot of difficult problems.
They need different services that are provided by different people - for example, they might need counselling for mental health issues and for drug and alcohol use. The more services that are involved, the more complicated things can get. The way that services are provided can be a big barrier to kids getting the support they need. If it is too difficult to get help, many kids give up trying. We want to find ways to get services to work together so that it's easier for kids to get the ongoing help they need.