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Residential Treatment Centers Help Teen Boys Develop Healthy Relationships
The teenage years are when teens learn many of the relationship habits and behaviors which will follow them into adulthood, making these formative years critical. While negative or destructive habits can be unlearned, it is easier for these changes to occur when teens...
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...
Residential Treatment Centers: Licensing and Regulations
When your troubled teen is continuing to struggle, and nothing seems to be working, most parents begin to look toward solutions such as residential treatment centers. As a residential treatment center’s immersive and therapeutic environment is a large commitment of...
Treating Teens With Suicidal Ideation
No parent wants to imagine that their teen may be contemplating suicide, but according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicide is the third leading cause of death among children ages 10-24. Even more teens struggle with suicidal ideation,...
Resources For Parents Struggling To Decide On A Boarding School For Troubled Boys
When looking for the right boarding school for troubled teens for your struggling teenager, there can be so many options that it is overwhelming. To help you narrow down your available options, there are several resources you can use to find the right school to help...
Families Reap The Benefits When Troubled Teens Attend Therapeutic Boarding Schools
Often, the families of troubled teens are focused on how therapeutic boarding schools can help their troubled teen. However, the families can also reap the benefits of their teen attending a therapeutic boarding school. Families Receive Help For Loved Ones At...
Help Your Teen Now No Longer Recommends Youth Boot Camps For Behavior Modification
Over the years, we’ve learned more about the psychology of adolescents and troubled teens in particular. Once, the prevailing wisdom was that a teen with behavioral issues could be set on the right course through brief immersion in a program emphasizing military-style...
Preventing Teen Violence Starts At Home And Is Aided By The Community
Many troubled teens are violence-prone, a fact underscored by some sobering statistics. The second and third leading cause of death among adolescents age 15 to 19 are suicide and homicide, respectively. A teen’s violent tendencies can be exacerbated if other factors...
What It Takes To Keep Our Teens Off Drugs
Keeping your teen off drugs takes a proactive approach. You need to talk to them early on about the dangers of substance abuse. You should also learn about the drugs circulating among your teen’s peers and be able to spot signs your own child may be using. Do you have...
Parenting Resources For Difficult Teens
Parenting is a tough gig, and it can get even tougher when your child is in their teenage years when raging hormones and crushing social pressure make “normal” a moving target. You’re going to need some resources providing straight talk on the pleasures and pitfalls...