Dear Trouble Teen Blog, As your administrator I think about you all the time. Sadly the situation has gotten worse I never thought it would get to this place. Now I am not sure if there is a bottom.
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Here is the latest breaking story. It seems to get better and better or is it worse and worse. My son, as you may or may not know is once again living on the streets and has upgraded to a tent. I am not going to repeat my story, since it gets so repetitive, read the past [...]
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This was a great show today on NPR’s Talk of the Nation about how boy adolescents are avoiding manhood. I am witness this with the three males in our family and have been curious about it. I also see it with their friends the delay in growing up but wanting independence. “too many young men [...]
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t had been less than 4 months since Molly and Derek had the conversation about “the contract” with their son, Ben. It was very simple: no drugs, no paraphernalia, and no drug seeking posters allowed in the house. Those are the house rules. Ben did not go for rules. He threw the contract down and broadcast, “I am out of here!” Molly and Derek stared wordless as he walked out the door with only a daypack.
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He has been living on his own since the end of June with numerous friends and no permanent address. They have been kicked out of various “camping” areas but seem to be surviving while living on the streets. I think there may be 6 regulars in the camp group and sometimes it grows to more than 10.
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My son left our home over a month ago to live on the streets. Today I had lunch with him, the first time I was with him in a few weeks. Before we met I was really excited about it, usually I am apprehensive, but today I was just happy to spend time with him, even [...]
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This is the post most parents won’t want to read if your teen is ready to discharge from a program like wilderness, residential treatment or if you are getting ready to send your teen away. This is not exactly the outcome one is hoping for and is what we were trying to avoid by sending [...]
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