«Unaccompanied Youth» includes a youth not in the physical
custody of a parent or guardian, which includes but is not limited to youth who are run - aways, locked -
out, neglected, and / or discharged after a
stay in juvenile detention but not to the care
of an adult.
So far from these topics being off - limits, any MHP seeking appointment in a court case needs to fully inform the parties prior to their consent [123],
of information about the following kinds
of potentials for bias and agenda: whether the MHP has been married or divorced, and how many times, and under what kinds
of circumstances, and how the MHP currently feels about those events; whether, if divorced, the MHP went through litigation over
custody or property, and such details as whether the MHP had problems paying or receiving child support, as well as the
custody arrangements
of the MHP's own children and how these worked
out and everyone's feelings about them; the MHP's own personal experience taking care
of and spending time with children, within and without the scope
of «parenting», and with regard to parenting, whether that was parenting as a primary caregiver, married or single parent, with or without household and third party help, or as a working parent or
stay - home parent, and for how many children, and for how long, and the outcomes from all
of that; i.e. how much time has this person actually spent caring for children on his or her own, and how well did this person's own family systems function, and is this person in fact an «expert» in creating a functioning family and raising happy, healthy, successful children with good outcomes, nay «best» outcomes, thoroughly well - adjusted and having reached the very pinnacles
of their innate potential.