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This colloquium discusses the importance, when assessing resilience, of understanding the context of the street child's home life before they start the transitional period of moving to the street. It will suggest that the presumption in the literature that street children are somehow different and less vulnerable than home children is not empirically or theoretically justified. It does this by reviewing the academic literature available on the topic of street children and resilience. It is important that this discussion takes place for reasons that range from understanding the correct support street children need in different stages of their move to the street, to realising that if it is in fact the case that children who migrate to the street are more resilient than those who stay at home, then greater support is needed for the children who do not make this move.

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