The perseverance of one mother may make a difference in the community of Raleigh. Torn with grief that her teen age son was convicted of murder and sent to prison, a single mother of four took her pain and anger and funneled it into creating a yearly festival that she hopes will break […]
Military boarding schools or other private boarding schools are often the only opportunity that a troubled teenager has to find and focus on a positive role model.
A program aimed at teen crisis intervention in LA has been supplying role models for their delinquent teens for over 19 years. One statement by a volunteer mentor/cop […]
Teen help that comes in the form of “Self-Esteem” programs has been subject to a great deal of criticism. The current pop psychology suggests that self-esteem can be bolstered by eliminating challenges that the teen might fail at, or by giving indiscriminate praise, no matter what the teen actually does.
Unfortunately, such programs render the […]