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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...
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...
Christian Boarding Schools for Boys
Even devout Christian families can have struggles with their teen. Unfortunately, your religious devotion doesn't necessarily mean your son will adhere to your standards of behavior, or follow in your footsteps. Perhaps you are here because you have already tried...
Christian Boarding School for Girls
Like most parents, you are bound to worry about the education of your sons and daughters. You want the best for them throughout their lives, and the choices you make for their education when they are young will have a huge impact on how the turn out as adults. As a...
How To Find The Best Christian Boarding Schools
Parents always want the best for their children. From how to discipline them to choosing the best education, there is no shortage of decisions to make (or drama to endure) when you're a parent. Particularly when it comes to education, the future implications of that...
5 Things to look for in a therapeutic boarding school
When your teen is out of control, defiant, failing school and generally heading down a path that you know isn’t any good, you may feel like there is no hope and that you’ve done everything you can to help. When your own efforts aren’t doing any good, consider a...
5 Ways to Thrive with ADHD
ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is a developmental condition that results in an imbalance of neurotransmitters in the brain. It is a condition that manifests in early childhood and may stay with the person throughout their life. Scientists don’t...