A unique problem for the story of the Lost Boys is how the age and family structure dynamics of the camps changed with the influx of young people.[2] The Lost Boys came to the camps without guardians or adult supervision. They immediately required housing and schooling, which changed the allocation of resources in the camps. With some of the boys arriving in the camps at ages as young as 6 or 7, many of the Boys spent the majority of their childhood and adolescence being raised in the camps.[8] Ultimately, being raised in a refugee camp significantly altered their development and ability to assimilate into regular life.