Residential treatment programs are facilities designed to provide full time therapeutic care and guidance for troubled teens needing behavior modification. Although many people equate such programs with military style boot camps, which use intimidation to scare teens into good behavior, this is not the curriculum at residential treatment centers. In fact, it is quite the […]

Parenting a troubled teen can take all of your energy and resources. When your child has failed to respond to any of your efforts, including outpatient programs, it may be time to consider a program that offers full time therapy and monitoring. Residential treatment programs are designed to provide intensive help for youth with emotional […]

You know your teen has been exposed in anti-drug campaigns since he was in elementary school. You have given him the talk yourself and you thought he knew the dangers. So, it can be baffling when you discover that your teen has turned to drugs. Teens experiment with and abuse drugs for a variety of […]

The ways a residential treatment center can help drug abusing teens depends largely on services they offer and what they are equipped to handle. While some facilities may also act as detox centers, most long term residential treatment programs therapeutically explore the reasons why a teen has a problem with substance abuse in the first […]

It can be devastating to discover that your teen has been abusing drugs. You have to determine the extent of the problem and figure out the best way to support your child, while dealing with your own feelings of anger, shame, fear and worry. There are a number of ways that you can handle this […]

Teens end up abusing drugs for many reasons. Whether it is to fit in with a certain social crowd, or to self-treat the negative feelings that come with low self-esteem or stress, the harmful effects of drugs are something that every parents needs to watch for in their teen. Because drugs are more accessible than […]

Drug abuse has become so prevalent in the teen social scene that schools are participating in nationwide campaigns, starting in elementary schools, encouraging students to “Just Say No.” Although such awareness is valuable, the first line of defense between teens and drugs is the diligence of their parents. Drug abuse during the juvenile years is […]

Although bullying has occurred in some form or another since the human race began, it has become more of a problem in schools throughout the last decade or so. With the rise in popularity of social media among teens and the accessibility of cell phones and internet options, there are now new avenues in which […]

With the increasing campaigns in schools against bullying, more parents are likely to be concerned about their child being on the receiving end. Parents who discover that their child is bullying others are less likely to have the support of the school system, the sympathy of other parents or the variety of resources dedicated to […]

Bullying is when one individual is picked on repeatedly (either physically or emotionally) by a group or individual with more physical strength or greater social standing. While bullying has been a fairly consistent part of the adolescent cohort, mediums such as social media have taken it to a new level of severity, sparking nationwide anti-bullying […]