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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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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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Everyday I read many blogs and websites about teens, teen issues, parenting teens and what not about life with a teen. Many of them are very good and most are basically marketing to promote services or products. I like the real life articles, that assist me in understanding how to deal with my emotions and [...]
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Most teens that are sent to treatment centers are hurting due in part to some life experience. It is from this pain they have gone off track and learned negative ways of getting attention trying to numb the pain. This is where some may be confused in thinking their teen needs a “Juvenile Boot Camp” to set them straight. This is also how I have come to the conclusion that most teens are not “bad” but are in need of guidance and help, which our society does not do well, they only punish.
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Most families with teens would benefit from some kind of “family therapy”. Teens will begin to isolate from their families at the age of 14. This is natural, but if the communication divide gets wider and wider, arguments begin to take place and the communication breakdown becomes hard to repair. My 14 soon to be 15 year old son spends countless hours in his room, very little time at the dinner table and talks primarily when spoken to. Sometimes he will choose to offer information but not very often. He is not confrontational and when we ask him to do something he may, sigh but usually follows through. So far my gut tells me life with him is still manageable for us.
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It was just over a week ago that I hung up the new calendar for the year. As each new year begins I am always hopeful this is going to be the best year ever; trouble free, no health problems, all family members are stable and on deck. Well, reality has it that January 1 [...]
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Interestingly the past few days I have received a number of comments and personal emails from families that are currently struggling with troubled teens and facing the dilemma of having to place their teen in treatment or have just placed their teen at an RTC. The questions that go through your mind at this time [...]
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I have been writing in this blog for over a year and it suddenly occurred to me what am I really doing? How can I take this blog to a new level and really make a difference? How can TroubledTeenBlog (TTB) be a mover and a shaker for struggling teens? I am not talking about [...]
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