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Last week we (my husband and I) met with our parent support group for teens that have been in Residential Treatment, more specifically Heritage School in Provo, Utah. This is an informal group of parents that live in our community; five families (including us) that have had teens in an RTC at the same [...]
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This is my message to the parents that do not understand the definition of a troubled teen or struggling teen. The teens in residential treatment or that have gone to wilderness are not bad kids, these are the kids that have been given a chance. Not everyone’s life follows the perfect path.
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The entire time your teen is at residential treatment, as a parent, I would think about when he would come home and how would we know he is ready. It is inevitable that one day they will return home. There are only a few options, they will do well in the program and graduate, you [...]
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Wow is it quiet! My husband and my oldest son, just left to meet his brother and sister at the beach in Southern California. This trip had been planned for over a year, all of my husband’s sibs and kids were invited. A family reunion of sorts, but do to schedules I am not going [...]
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Amazingly bringing your teen home can be as stressful as sending them away. My son has been home for one month and this some of he insight I shared with a parent with at teen that is aging out in a few weeks.
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Earthquakes are not always caused by mother nature, sometimes we have human produced earthquakes in our everyday lives. We had a couple over the Fourth of July weekend one that I really do not want to go into detail about since it was a relapse and devastating at the time. I think it was the relapse that I knew was looming out there and we had to get over it. I am just hoping that he has learned from his mistake and will make better choices next time. We seem to be getting back on track.
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I came across this website recently and it looks like it would be a useful resource for those in recovery along with family and friends. In The Rooms— is An Online Social Networking Site for the Recovery Community. Those of you familiar with this type of social networking platform will have no problem feeling comfortable.
You [...]
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It has been over a week since my son discharged from residential treatment. I really must count my blessings at how well it has gone. Even though at times I have blown it, with “fear based thinking” as I lay awake at night with worry and want to check his room to see if he [...]
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