Dead-end kid American British noun phrase
A teen, usually a boy, is seen as being troubled and having poor future possibilities
I'm concerned about Mary making friends with a dead-end kid and being likely to ignore her goals to attend college.
Jane often bullied friends and then dropped out of high school. He is a real dead-end kid.
If our parents were alive, we would not have to live in such a slum and no longer be dead-end kids.
Noted that singular verbs must agree with singular nouns, while plural verbs must agree with plural nouns.