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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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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This is a list of how my son existed and was able to exist for five nights without a phone or money as a teen runaway. While he was gone we were constantly speculating how he was able to exist, where he may be living and what he might be doing. He was actually more prepared [...]
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Drifting Toward Love: Black, Brown, Gay, and Coming of Age on the Streets of New York By Kai Wright The author, Kai Wright, has taken a look at three adolescents that chose to live on the streets of New York. The author is a journalist and wanted to understand why these teens would put themselves [...]
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