Teen boarding schools have often proven to be the right environment for the depressed teen who is also emotionally alienated from their family. Such a teen has often erected defenses that even the most loving parents cannot permeate.
Often a teen can better come to grips with their depression away from the family . Enrolling […]
Oppositional Defiance Order attempts to label behavior that goes beyond mere defiance. Parents of troubled teenagers or pre-teens who are merely defiant or rebellious sometimes are confused. How do you differentiate between acceptable teen rebellion and defiance that might lead to criminal behavior or teen age drug abuse?
Here are some basic guidelines as offered by […]
Teen help often is initiated when one parent in a community has “had enough”. Teen crisis intervention designed to circumvent teenage drinking are often subverted by parents who have the misguided idea that if a teen drinking party is under “adult supervision”, that there is little damage done.
Well one parent in Lafayette has had […]
Brat camp for parents may be the next stage needed in teen crisis intervention. Some parents simply do not have a clue. Irresponsible parents, unfortunately, put everyone’s teenagers in danger.
Here is a woman’s description of her neighbor, an irresponsible parent that she refers to as Mr. Milquetoast.
“Throwing beer cans and bottles, pissing on people’s cars […]
Oppositional Defiant Disorder, ADHA, and Anti-social Personality Disorder have all been associated with teenage alcohol consumption. Add to that long-term memory impairment, depression, anxiety and an increased chance of suicide,it is a wonder that today’s troubled teenagers ever make it to adulthood. And as it happens, 5000 a year do not.
“…nearly one million high school […]
Teen boarding schools offer parents an alternative to the agenda driven public schools where often the talented, but emotionally troubled teen, receives little support or recognition of their gifts or skills. In fact, it is often that combination that can prove incendiary; intelligence and emotional problems. If the intelligence and uniqueness of an individual teen […]
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder varies in intensity and attendant impairment with each diagnosis. Some teenagers are able to manage getting a handle on their ADD symptoms before the usual problems with ADD escalate into anything worse.
However, some children remain undiagnosed and emerge as the stereotypical troubled teenager, beset by behavioral problems, drug abuse, and lost […]
Brat camp was a great success for Elaine and her troubled teenage son Eric. That was last summer when after a horrible year at school Eric’s parents decided to put the brakes on their troubled teenager’s head long plunge into drugs and criminal behavior.
What inspired Elaine was seeing the movie “Pride” (review below). Eric had […]
Teens at risk have no business being the recipient of a fat allowance. Yet, that often is the case. Parents often assuage their guilt for not being in their teens life by buying their forgiveness. It’s a harsh evaluation but that is what it amounts to. Teen age drug abuse and illegal alcohol consumption has […]
Teens at risk are not necessarily easy to identify. Some teen drug addicts, like adult drug addicts, are known as high performance addicts. Even thought they are actively on an illicit drug and spend a great deal of energy acquiring the drug, they still perform well in school and manage to hide their addiction from […]