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When To Send Your Girl To A Girls Ranch For Troubled Teens
It’s no secret that teen girls can be rebellious, stubborn and generally uncooperative so many parents wonder at what point that typical teenage girl behavior becomes troubled teenage behavior. Learning to recognize the right time to make such a hard decision is...
Why Should I Send My Girl To A Christian Ranch For Troubled Youth
Christian ranches for troubled youth are teen help facilities where parents can send their daughters to get counseling and behavior modification from trained professionals. The added benefit for Christian families is that the treatment is done with a Christian...
Is A Girls Ranch For Troubled Teens The Next Step?
If you want to know when it’s time to send your daughter to a girls ranch, there’s only one person who can figure that out--you! If you are noticing problem behavior in your child and her doctor or therapist agree, it may be time to enroll her into a girls ranch....
Parent Resources: Teen Violence Articles
Teen violence is the extreme actions of troubled teenagers and can put the health and well being of siblings, parents and peers at risk. If your teenager is becoming more violent as a reaction to an increasingly troubled behavior, it’s time to take the control back...
Treatment For Violent Teens
When your teenager becomes violent, it can be a frightening thing to see. Unruly behavior and aggression can quickly escalate to violence against siblings, parents and peers. Unless your teenager receives professional treatment for their actions, they will not be able...
I’m Worried My Teen May Be In A Violent Relationship
If you are like most parents, you want your teen to enjoy their dating years, because they can be full of romance, passion and even learn good life lessons from breaking up. However, if you see your teen is in an abusive relationship with their dating partner, it can...
Doing Your Part For Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
Teen dating violence is an all too frequent occurrence, and as parents, we need to be more aware of the issue and help our teenagers recognize potential abusers, identify any patterns of abuse, and give them the tools to do something about it. One way to do all of the...
Creating Healthy Relationships, Combating Teen Dating Violence
Dating violence, much like domestic violence, happens when one person desires too much control over the other person and resorts to violence to maintain that control. Teen dating violence is a serious issue and women who are ages 16 to 24 are the most likely to...
What Are The Signs Of Troubled Teen Violence
Troubled teens are those whose behavior is affecting their lives negatively. When those troubled teens turn violent, they can be committing harmful acts on others. If your teen ager is becoming more violent and their behavior is getting worse, you may need to consider...
What Did I Do Wrong, My Teen Is Violent?
The root causes of teen violence are varied, and there is generally no single source of the problem. Teens are influenced by a number of factors as they grow and develop. Researchers are working hard to discover what the main factors are that turns some teens toward...
What Causes Violence In Teens?
Teenage violence is a growing concern to parents, teachers, community workers and state and national leaders. From fighting and date rape to school shootings, violence in teens is creating a lot of worry. As a society, it’s important for us to understand what causes...
Parenting Tips: Managing a Defiant Teen
When your teen is defiant and won’t listen to you, it can be extremely frustrating. Sometimes it seems like you don’t even know your own child. When you are trying to help your child steer clear of negative or even dangerous situations and they aren’t listening, what...
Parenting Tips: Helping Your Teen Struggling With Depression
Until recently, depression wasn’t really recognized in teenagers because, let’s face it, they are generally moody and often morose, with a dash of melancholy and drama. However, teen depression is a very real condition and can impact your child, even if there is no...
Parenting Tips: Helping A Teen Who Self Harms
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...
Parenting Tips: Dealing With Troubled Teenage Girls
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...