I just read a great article by Jeanne with her opinions about how often a family will be sitting and breathing together, at the same table, and not have a clue about how the surrounding family members feel about each other. And I completely understand. Growing up in a home with 8 kids, with me [...]
Many times, parents resort to military schools as an alternative choice to disciplining and educating their own troubled teenagers. The public school structure at present is not fully equipped to hold troubled teenagers. Most military schools are actually stuck fast in capacity and exercise long waiting lists, as apprehensive parents rush for open spots on [...]
In this fast paced world, it is often very difficult to understand why your teenager, boy or girl, is acting up against everything you brought them up to be. You did your best, right? You have given them 100% more than you ever had growing up, and they don’t appreciate you. Well, it looks like [...]
Seeing the political instability and market recession throughout the world, our teens are getting confused and scared about their future. When the teens get scared, their body is more open for the influx of hormones that result in unsettling emotions. The teens don’t know to control these emotions. In such cases, they are susceptible to [...]
If your teen is running away from the normal life of studies, sports etc then you should accept the fact that he or she needs extra attention. This extra attention could be given in camps. Camps are of two types such as boot camps and wilderness or summer camps. The boot camp is any type [...]
People think boarding schools as places where children stay away from home and learn discipline and other good qualities. Troubled teens may not be entertained in most of the traditional boarding schools. For the teens troubled with the problems of alcohol or drug use or any other behavior problems, special troubled teen boarding schools are [...]
Teenagers face many problems such as increasing pressure of studies, competition among students, other activities of schools or college, quarrel among classmates or friends, parents divorce or separation of child from their loved one’s etc. Sometimes problem is small but sometimes problem is so big that it creates serious situations. The teenagers of today will [...]