Discovering your teenager is using drugs can feel like the bottom has dropped out of your world. As parents, we pour our hearts into nurturing and guiding our children, envisioning bright futures full of promise and potential. But learning they are caught in the grips...
Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) can create a heartbreaking reality for parents – a teenager who seems perpetually detached, distrustful, or even hostile. To understand this struggle, we must examine the intricacies of attachment disorders and their impact on...
It can be difficult and emotionally draining for parents to accompany their children through residential treatment for mental health or drug misuse issues. While finishing residential treatment is an important step in the process, it’s equally important to...
Raising an adolescent can be difficult, particularly if they are struggling with mental health or drug misuse. For teenagers in need, residential treatment programs provide priceless tools and support, but the road to recovery doesn’t end when they go home. Nor...
Teens experience a rollercoaster of emotions and difficulties during their frequently turbulent teenage years. Adolescents are known to experience mood swings and periodic periods of despair, but it’s important for parents and guardians to know when these...
It can be challenging for teenagers, their parents, or other caregivers to navigate the turbulent adolescent years. Self-destructive behavior, which can take many different forms, including substance addiction, self-harm, dangerous actions, or even suicide thoughts,...
