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Top 5 States Looking for Boot Camps for Troubled Teens
Parents in Georgia, Texas, California, Florida, and New York often search for boot camps or military schools when they are looking for help with their troubled teens. Parents may believe that when teens are out of control, the stern discipline and strong structure of...
Kicking Negative Coping Methods & Learning Healthy Ways of Coping
It is fairly inevitable that your teen will pick up some bad habits at some point throughout their teenage years. Many of these habits are harmless such as chewing on their nails and excessively tapping. But, for some troubled teens who need more help, major stress...
Digging Deeper To Rediscover Your Teenage Son
The teenage years are particularly difficult for parents of teenage boys. In fact, residential treatment centers for troubled teens often work far more with teenage boys rather than girls. If you have been feeling disconnected from your teenage son and want to...
Authoritarian Discipline at Boot Camps for Troubled Teens Won’t Help
Teenage years are hard for any parent. With high emotions, changing bodies, and hormones, some teens become troubled and begin to fall into bad patterns and exhibit unhealthy behaviors. Parents are often at a loss as what to do with their teen and may look to boot...
It’s Not What You Think: Myths About Military School For Troubled Teens Debunked
When we look at our military service members, we see hard-working individuals who are orderly and dependable. This is why many parents consider sending their difficult teen to a military school for behavior modification. The idea is that a little tough love and a...
Why Choose A Therapeutic Boarding School That Offers Behavior Modification
Families with troubled children suffer through a lot in trying to reconcile them. Many children and teens struggle with various conditions that can cause disruptive behavior, such as ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, mental health or personality disorders. Before...
Parents Checklist for Enrolling Their Troubled Teen In a Therapeutic Boarding School
You’ve done your best to help your troubled teen overcome their issues and change their negative behavior. Yet despite your best efforts, their life is full of conflict, chaos, academic struggles and risky habits. It’s time to consider sending your child to a...
Help for Grandparents Who Are Raising a Troubled Teen
Parenting is hard work, especially the second time around. If you’re a grandparent raising your grandchildren—despite any aches, pains or financial limitations—you deserve some applause. By caring for your grandchildren, you’ve given them the chance to grow up a...
When Regular Therapy Fails, Choose A Residential Treatment Center for Teens
Once regular therapy fails to help a troubled teen break free of their negative behaviors, many parents are at a loss for what to do. Often, that was their last resort, having already tried boundary-setting, long conversations, meetings with school administration, and...
Consider Treatment At A Therapeutic Boarding School Specifically For Boys
When you decide to send your son to a residential treatment center or therapeutic boarding school for troubled teens, there are many considerations. Chief among these are which facility is best and how your family can afford your child’s stay. Another consideration...
Preventing And Treating Teen Alcohol Abuse
It may seem inevitable that at some point your teen will experiment with drinking. The numbers bear out the very real possibility your teen will succumb to the lure of liquor. In a recent Youth Risk Behavior Survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC),...
How To Discipline A Teen That Doesn’t Care
Let’s look at an imaginary but all-too-real scenario. You caught your teenager sneaking out of the house and, as a result, have confiscated their cell phone. You’ve done everything a sensible parent can do, like reminding your adolescent why you need to know their...
How To Detach Christmas Presents From A Difficult Teen’s Bad Behavior?
Over the years, parents have been alternately lauded and lambasted for using Christmas presents as a tool to ensure good behavior. Since the whole myth of Santa Claus backs up the “be nice or no presents” tactic, it can be tough for parents not to indulge in a few...
3 Excellent Candidates For Attending A Residential Treatment Center For Teens
There is a variety of programs available to help struggling teenagers, so it can be tough for parents to determine which program is the right one to help their child. One program in particular which has a high success rate in helping teen change are residential...
5 Ways To Tell Your Teen They’re Loved Without Speaking
Your actions as a parent really do speak louder than words, especially with prickly teenagers who seem to be ready to take offense every time you open your mouth. To help find ways to communicate your love to your teen without speaking, here are 5 ways you can help...