CYP Now - Opinion: If I were in charge of Unaccompanied minors - AdesuwaOgieriakhi, 16, Croydon, south London

I want to be the manager. I want to change the system. If you are 16 you should not move out from your foster placement, I would change that system. You should move out when you are at university. You should be allowed to stay for longer because of the education.

We still need that love and care after we're 16. When you move out youare on your own with no parents to guide you and I don't think that'sfair.

Social workers should check whether foster carers are really doing theirjob. I would also like to go for a week's trial with new foster carersfirst. Sometimes foster carers put on good faces and then when thesocial worker goes they change their attitude.

Children should also have a leaflet about how much pocket money they'resupposed to have and on what their clothing and holiday allowancecovers.

If you don't go on holiday, you should be entitled to say what the moneyshould be used for.

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