Troubled teen boarding schools can play a very vital role in society. The juvenile justice system currently struggles with teens whose crimes are so severe that juvenile justice can not adequately address them. How many priors does a violent teen rack up before he finally takes his place amongst adult murderers and rapists? If […]
Teen crisis intervention campaigns directed at college students try to educate both parents and students about the dangers of taking drugs prescribed for Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder recreationally. Unfortunately, Adderall has taken it’s place next to Ritalin and Oxycontin as the favored prescription that college teens abuse.
“Most popularly, Adderall has become a cheap fix […]
One area of teen crisis intervention is depression. Teenage depression, and depression in general, is reported as being on the rise. Some claim that that increase actually represents more depression being reported since the stigma attached to it has lessened.
Actual depression, in and of itself, is indeed a frightening and enervating experience for those who […]
If parents with young children want to know ahead of time how to raise them safe from drugs and strong enough to resist peer pressure, they might start with examining their own values - or lack of them. If parents want their kids in good boarding schools and not names on the rosters of boarding […]
Teen age drug abuse can often start innocently enough. A sports injury or any type of surgery can, unfortunately, provide the teen with their first taste for narcotics through no choice of their own. But if a severe injury necessitates a long period of opiates, it can leave it’s recipient an inadvertent addict.
“At 15, Jared […]
Boot camps serve a far different purpose than schools for troubled teens. They may be the last step before a teen finally ends up in prison. It’s the solution law enforcement devised decades ago in response to public out cry against violent teens.
“So law enforcement stepped up with the boot-camp solution, fashioned like a military […]
Karen’s daughter Erin has just begun her high school career, entering the new school year as a freshman. A time that ought to be celebrated as an important threshold in a child’s life is now viewed with a great deal of trepidation by parents struggling with troubled teenagers. Karen had been concerned over some of […]
Do you feel blindsided? You just went through your son’s bedroom, you were only picking up laundry, and there it was. What is it, a stash, is that what they call it? You don’t know the lingo of teen age drug abuse yet but you do know your pain pills when you see them. And […]
Teenagers tend to be self-righteous in their political ideals these days. They deplore exploitation and war yet seem to have no idea what their teen age drug abuse supports. Perhaps parents can make headway in convincing troubled teens that their use of illegal drugs is rather hypocritical given the devastation it causes. Not just in […]
On way that teens can be sure to end up being sent to troubled teen boarding schools or some kind of boot camp is to post videos of themselves getting high on YouTube. We posted a drug alert earlier advising parents to be aware of the hallucinagenic drug Salvia Divorium , warning that in […]