Troubled Teens Resources

Parents in the midst of coping with troubled teens need support, pure and simple. What do you do with your teen who is struggling to beat drugs, or the teen who keeps running away? Should you start looking into schools for troubled teens? Is there anyone you can talk to who has sent their son or daughter to a brat camp?

Well, yes there is. In fact, like all things on earth, the internet can be used for good or ill. On the plus side is the easy and instantaneous contact you can find with folks who are struggling with the same issues. Be it health problems, money problems, or problems with teens, there is usually thousands of people talking about the same problems in a forum or chat room somewhere on the net.

“…here I am, thrilled that there are dozens of online sites for parents of adolescents and teens. On my favorite sites I’ve asked other moms dozens of questions about the roller coaster ride of hormones, the survival techniques for homework blues, and the “is this normal” questions that come up all the time.

Soon I imagine myself once again awake in the middle of the night, worried about my son who is out past his curfew and isn’t answering his cell phone. Who am I going to call at that hour? Why, I’ll go online to Parents & Company or theantidrug.com or Teendriving.com and find some other moms in some other states also up at 1 a.m. worrying over their kids. And I bet we’d all rather be worried about a diaper rash, don’t you think?”
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