Kyzer

"I just wasn't ready," Kyzer says of being a father, holding a job and moving into his own place.

Children of the System 2009

But for Kyzer and the kids currently "copping a squat" on the streets, it may be too late.

Children of the System 2009

For Kyzer and many of the more than 25,000 other foster youth in the United States who "age out" of the system every year, there is no family and no support network to pick you up when you fall.

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“There have been very few negative comments,” Kyzer said.

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Kyzer challenged this view, seeing it as patronizing and playing to stereotypes:

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Kyzer has been spending his nights on a bench in front of a Starbucks.

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Wanting to help support his son, Kyzer got a job at Starbucks and worked as many hours as the boss would give him.

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Kyzer issued a public challenge – to get more followers on Twitter than Kutcher, an actor and social networking fiend who recently won a bet with CNN that he could reach 1 million followers first.

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Make it a present to Germany to keep the oul Kyzer busy for a while; and give poor owld England a chawnce: thets wot

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At 50, Kyzer works with airmen who weren't born when he joined the Air Force.

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