Self harm is a horrifying thing for a parent to learn about their child, and if you have recently discovered that your child is injuring themselves on purpose, you may not be sure what to do or where to turn. Knowing how and why teens self harm is the first step in...
Dealing with troubled teenage girls is often very different than handling troubled teenage boys. Because girls often face family, peers, school and society with a different perspective than boys, it may not be enough for you to apply the same parenting techniques to...
A generation ago, a parent’s answer to getting a troubled teen to behave was to ship them off to military school. The idea back then was that the structure and discipline at a military school would scare the teen straight and teach them some respect. Fortunately,...
Making the decision to send your child to a therapeutic boarding school is hard enough, but choosing the right school is a lot of pressure. You may worry that if you choose the wrong school, your child will suffer even more. However, just like all important life...
If you aren’t familiar with it, teen behavior modification therapy can sound like something aliens do in a science fiction novel. However, its actually a therapeutic technique designed to help adjust a teenager’s behavior to move away from what is negative toward that...
