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Ways To Deal With Your Drug Abusing Teen
It can be devastating when a parent’s nightmare becomes reality--that they’ve discovered their teen is using drugs. Even the best parents face this kind of challenge, because there is no guaranteed way to ensure your child will never try alcohol or drugs. However,you...
Teen Drug Abuse And The Law
Besides creating immense physical, mental and emotional problems with teens, drug abuse can significantly affect their futures, specifically when it comes to legal ramifications. Teen drug abuse and the law is something that parents wish their children to avoid, so...
When Are Therapeutic Boarding Schools Needed For Sexually Deviant Teenagers
Sexually deviant teenagers need professional help to overcome the issues that are causing them to engage in risky and unhealthy behavior. Without treatment, teens with sexually deviant behavior often end up on a dangerous path that can lead to health risks, teen...
Teen Sexual Deviance
Parents often hesitate to talk to their teens about sex, because it is such a taboo topic and makes both parties feel uncomfortable. However, developing a healthy attitude toward sexuality and steering clear of deviant sexual behavior is an important part of a teen’s...
Teen Sexting And Its Consequences
Teen sexting is a recent phenomenon that includes sending or receiving sexually suggestive photos and texts between adolescents via social media. While exchanging sexual imagery is thousands of years old, the development of modern technology allows teens to create and...
Teen Pornography Addiction And Its Negative Effects
When parents discover their teen is looking at pornography, the first reaction is often that of fear, anger, shame and panic. However, parents need to determine whether their teen is merely satisfying some curiosity about sex or is struggling with a compulsion to...
Teen Alcohol Abuse Can Disrupt Transition Into Adulthood
Adolescents are on a bridge between childhood and adulthood. They’re at the uncomfortable intersection between being a child, under the influence of parents and teachers, and being an adult, attempting to find a sense of autonomy. And actually, that bridge comprises...
7 Parenting Tips for Teens with Behavior Challenges
Behavior challenges for a teen can be quite different than are behavior challenges in your children, and because your teenager is bigger (and more vocal!) dealing with those challenges can be demanding and difficult. Time outs and groundings may no longer work when...
What Its Like to Parent A Teen with ODD
School starts in less than an hour, and once again, everyone’s running behind. Suddenly, you hear a pounding of a fist and dishes hitting the floor as your teenager yells “Why did you make this crap for breakfast AGAIN?! You KNOW I don’t eat scrambled eggs. I’m not...
Telltale Signs of Drug Abuse
For many young adults, drug and alcohol use is a means of relating to peers. Popular media’s portrayal of drug abuse as a normal component of the adolescent experience can often encourage the development of dangerous behaviors. Social media, pop culture and peer...
Benefits of a Christian Education-Infographic
The importance of Christian values in schools is more important than ever. Today's world is full of temptations and half truths that are teens have to struggle with each and everyday. Here is an infographic that discusses the difference between a secular education and...
Christian Military Schools
What do you really know about military schools? You might have heard about the possibility of sending a troubled teenager to a military school for behavior modification, but that's not really what they are designed for. If that was your assumption, you're not...
Christian Boarding Schools for Troubled Girls
These days, all too many parents ask themselves what they are doing wrong. They have tried to raise their children in a strong Christian home with positive moral values, but they may have one or more children who continue to act out, despite their best efforts to...
Christian Boarding Schools for Troubled Boys
Do you have a troubled son? Does he act out, defy authority, skip school, and spend time with a questionable crowd? Is he constantly breaking the rules and disrespecting you? You may even worry that he's depressed, suicidal, or experimenting with drugs and...
Christian Boarding Schools for Girls
Do you have a teenage daughter who acts out, defies authority, skips school, and has questionable friends? Have you read the books, seen a therapist, and treated any possible problems like depression or ADHD to no avail? Are you worried she might be flirting...