Troubled Teen Blog Book Give Away Chicken Soup for the Soul by Teens Troubled Teen Blog is excited to give away a copy of four Chicken Soup for the Soul books to four lucky readers. To be eligible for a free copy leave a comment on any post or sign up for the email alerts on [...]
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How Long Will My Adolescent Need Mental Health Care at a Residential Treatment Program? When I first learned that my son needed residential treatment, my first question was “What?” I had never heard of residential treatment. Then my next question was “how long?” I figured it would be an in and out process, kind of [...]
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The Lessons Our Children Teach Us If Only We Would Listen Even though it has been over a decade ago, I remember what it was like when I was pregnant with both of my sons. Even though I was responsible for their development I truly had no control over them. Of course I could control my diet, [...]
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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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When Your Teen is Embarrassed to be Seen with You This morning I received an email link to an article that really hit me, most likely because this has been an on-going issue with both of my teens. Not so much the one in residential treatment because obviously he is not living at home, [...]
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This is the Saturday Morning Stretch! Top Five Teen Stress Escapes According to teens in this video these are the best “Teen Stress Escapes”: Sleep Friends Feed the Face Random Acts of Silliness Play They have done a good job, the problems arise for teens when they have NO “teen stress escapes”. What would you [...]
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It is the end of the week, and I am mentally exhausted. This is consistantly what it feels like to have a teen in an RTC, there truly is never a great week. When they are doing well - you miss them and anxing over the preparations for a home visit. When they are NOT doing well – [...]
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Independence Day may have different meanings for everyone. For teens they seem to think it is turning 18 only to find out that it is just another day, but turning 18 for some can be a big deal. It could be the opportunity to move on to a better way of life. Hopefully they are [...]
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