http://www.troubledteenblog.com Families Struggling with Troubled Teen Issues Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:10:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2011/11/darrell-hammond-at-56-reveals-a-life-of-cutting-and-abuse/ http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2011/11/darrell-hammond-at-56-reveals-a-life-of-cutting-and-abuse/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:40:29 +0000 kidsRTC http://www.troubledteenblog.com/?p=3692 Darrell Hammond from SNL has written a memoir “God, If You’re Not Up There, I’m F*cked: Tales of Stand-Up, Saturday Night Live, and Other Mind-Altering Mayhem”.  He explains the brutality of his mother and how it has haunted him all of his life. He goes into vivid detail how cutting is a coping mechanism when [...]]]> http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2011/11/darrell-hammond-at-56-reveals-a-life-of-cutting-and-abuse/feed/ 1 http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2011/03/rebellious-teen-leaves-for-new-adventures/ http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2011/03/rebellious-teen-leaves-for-new-adventures/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:52:13 +0000 kidsRTC http://www.troubledteenblog.com/?p=3597 I am not sure how excited he was about leaving this morning but he did it. I felt some sadness within him but maybe goodbye is difficult under any circumstance. I took pictures like any proud parent as their offspring starts a new adventure. He left early, I offered to give him a ride into [...]]]> http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2011/03/rebellious-teen-leaves-for-new-adventures/feed/ 2 http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2011/03/troubled-times-at-home-with-teens-rebellious-behavior/ http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2011/03/troubled-times-at-home-with-teens-rebellious-behavior/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:00:37 +0000 kidsRTC http://www.troubledteenblog.com/?p=3550 It started in mid-February, school was no longer exciting and to my knowledge he was not studying but continued to attend classes. His personal hygiene and grooming was getting questionable, I noticed he was not combing his hair. His attitude toward society was always rebellious but now downright negative and does not care about the consequences for breaking the law. ]]> http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2011/03/troubled-times-at-home-with-teens-rebellious-behavior/feed/ 6 http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2011/01/since-recovery-has-no-end-this-is-today/ http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2011/01/since-recovery-has-no-end-this-is-today/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 17:51:17 +0000 kidsRTC http://www.troubledteenblog.com/?p=3442 I have  received many comments from readers asking me how it all turned out with my son. January 2011 would have been the first month in over three years that I had not written a blog post. This saved me and it is my attempt to bring you up to date on where we are [...]]]> http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2011/01/since-recovery-has-no-end-this-is-today/feed/ 0 http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2010/12/my-troubled-teens-transformation-after-living-on-the-street-homeless/ http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2010/12/my-troubled-teens-transformation-after-living-on-the-street-homeless/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 11:00:40 +0000 kidsRTC http://www.troubledteenblog.com/?p=3387 This is an update on the status of my son’s homelessness and the changes he has made in the past months. Thankfully it is a good report.]]> http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2010/12/my-troubled-teens-transformation-after-living-on-the-street-homeless/feed/ 8 http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2010/01/recovery-update-after-troubled-teens-residential-treatment-program-discharge/ http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2010/01/recovery-update-after-troubled-teens-residential-treatment-program-discharge/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:09:23 +0000 kidsRTC http://www.troubledteenblog.com/?p=2990 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 time; [...]]]> http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2010/01/recovery-update-after-troubled-teens-residential-treatment-program-discharge/feed/ 10