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/home-visits-and-awol-teens-the-parents-handbook/ http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2011/11/home-visits-and-awol-teens-the-parents-handbook/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:43:11 +0000 kidsRTC http://www.troubledteenblog.com/?p=3715 Happy Holiday’s and AWOL Teens Don’t Mix Well Together It is almost Christmas and  families with teens in residential treatment may be preparing for a home visit. The feelings of both excitement to have the family together and the anxiety that goes with it can be over whelming. The worst parent fear – “will my [...]]]> http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2011/11/home-visits-and-awol-teens-the-parents-handbook/feed/ 0 http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2009/10/nyt-article-recession-drives-surge-in-youth-runaways/ http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2009/10/nyt-article-recession-drives-surge-in-youth-runaways/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:19:09 +0000 kidsRTC http://www.troubledteenblog.com/?p=2829 This current NYT article, gives the grim picture of many of the youth today that are not lucky enough to have a home to live in or move back to. These are the homeless youth that are the future of our nation and as adults will end up in the system if we do not do something about it. They learn how to live on the street and survive, to young to get a hotel room, sign a lease and in many cases get a job, they are not kids and they are not adults.]]> http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2009/10/nyt-article-recession-drives-surge-in-youth-runaways/feed/ 3 http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2009/04/return-of-a-run-away-teen/ http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2009/04/return-of-a-run-away-teen/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 01:27:02 +0000 kidsRTC http://www.troubledteenblog.com/?p=2262 Before I tell my story there is a more pressing issue at hand. Another teenager has run from her home and her parents are desperately seeking her return. I do not know the details, this is a young lady age 15 and thought to be in Southern California. You can see her flyer here http://www.troubledteenblog.com/deannamissing.pdf [...]]]> http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2009/04/return-of-a-run-away-teen/feed/ 3 http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2009/04/run-away-teen-day-4/ http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2009/04/run-away-teen-day-4/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:30:43 +0000 kidsRTC http://www.troubledteenblog.com/?p=2252 at 7:30 this evening I received a phone call from my husband, he was sitting on the beach negotiating with my son. I don't know any of the details, but he wanted my opinion and I told my husband he had to work it out. ]]> http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2009/04/run-away-teen-day-4/feed/ 10 http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2009/04/run-away-teen-day-3/ http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2009/04/run-away-teen-day-3/#comments Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:57:37 +0000 kidsRTC http://www.troubledteenblog.com/?p=2237

Every morning I wake up hopeful, every evening I feel so sad. As I learn more about my sons AWOL I come to the realization how premeditated it is. He did not just decide to split in an instant, it was very thoughtfully planned.  Not only was it thoughtfully planned during his home visit, but [...]]]> http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2009/04/run-away-teen-day-3/feed/ 7 http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2009/04/teen-run-away-day-two/ http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2009/04/teen-run-away-day-two/#comments Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:47:44 +0000 kidsRTC http://www.troubledteenblog.com/?p=2223

The nights are the toughest for me. Last night we received a phone call at 2:30 AM from an anonymous caller, that claims he saw our son in Southern California, Venice to be exact. It fit some other information that we received. It is these little tidbits, when you have a runaway that you hang [...]]]> http://www.troubledteenblog.com/2009/04/teen-run-away-day-two/feed/ 3