If you are considering sending your son to a boarding school for troubled teens, one of your concerns may be about the kinds of friends your son will make while he is there. And, rightfully so. Psychologists report that friends can have a bigger influence on a child during the teen years than the child’s […]
When You’ve Decided Your Teen’s ‘Back To School’ Will Be Different
By the time most parents consider sending their teen to a boarding school for troubled teens, often that teen has been expelled from at least one school before. And no matter what promises were made by the teen to shape up over the summer, it’s the same old story—calls from family and friends about the […]
Values & Standards: Help Teens Set & Standby Them
Something that many parents mention to us as their teenage sons graduate from our boarding school for troubled teens is that the parents wish they had emphasized the right values and standards more with their struggling teens. In most cases, these teens had known their families values when they were younger, but without reinforcement and […]
What To Do About Your Teen’s Bad Friends
Every parent dreads the idea that their child will fall in with the wrong crowd because they know that it can be incredibly difficult to detach a teen from their bad friends. Some parents eventually opt to send their teen to a boarding school for troubled teens to pry their teenager away from negative influences. […]