• Juvenile Boot Camps for Troubled Teens: Are They Effective? Many parents mistakenly believe that a juvenile boot camp will scare their teen into making right decisions, only to find out too late that such programs produce only temporary results and may cause greater problems later on. READ MORE
• Do You Believe Everything You Read or See on TV? If a perfect stranger walked up to you and said you weren’t good-looking enough, smart enough, or popular enough, what would you do? Tell them to leave you alone? Turn around and walk away? Open your wallet and give them your money? READ MORE
• Ecstacy: A Growing Menace - Ecstasy, one of several club drugs appearing on the “rave” or all-night party scene, is increasingly becoming the drug of choice among teens. READ MORE
• Breaking the Cycle of Addiction - Childhood can and should be a time of wonder and discovery, when parents nurture, protect, and care for the precious gifts of life they have brought into the world. But for children of alcoholic parents, life often is filled with shame, suffering, and fear. READ MORE
• Thrill-Seeking & Drug Use - Thrill-seeking is a natural characteristic of boys, but extreme sensation-seeking signal susceptibility to drug use. READ MORE
• Are You Doing Enough to Protect Your Children? - You may go to great lengths to protect your child from exposure to violence, sex, and profanity in the media. But in today’s world, such precautions are simply not enough. READ MORE

Understanding Your Placement Options

If you have made the difficult decision that the time has come for your troubled teen to spend some time away in a teen program, you may be overwhelmed by the daunting number of placement options out there. Here is a rough breakdown of the options that are available and the strengths and weaknesses of each:

• Therapeutic Boarding Schools - Therapeutic boarding schools for troubled teens offer the benefits of a residential teen behavior modification program with a plus ... READ MORE
• Juvenile Boot Camps - Juvenile boot camps are modeled on the training techniques used by the military to discipline recruits. READ MORE
• Residential Treatment Centers - Residential treatment centers are medical/clinical organizations that provide short-term residential treatment for your child. READ MORE
• Summer/Wilderness Programs - Summer camps for troubled youth can be a positive way to keep teens from negative influences during the summer months when they are often less supervised. READ MORE
• Military Schools - A traditional military school is an educational institution that is specifically designed to train students in military arts and sciences. READ MORE