Troubled Teen Boarding Schools

Parents frantically look for solutions when their teenager displays anger, rebellion, runs away, gets involved in drugs or sex, or otherwise shows self-destructive behavior. And if things have gotten beyond a parent's ability to control the child, or if the child is flirting with the law and could face jail time, parents seemingly have nowhere to turn.

That's when they begin looking for alternate solutions, and often turn to a therapeutic boarding school as the answer. Since 1988, I have worked with 3,000 troubled teens in such a program. I've shed many tears with their parents, who, at the time, didn't see the path to make it through the struggle.
These parents were so tired of being called every name in the book, challenged on every thought they've ever had, and absolutely depleted because of all the hardship caused in their home by their troubled teen.

Many had lost hope and didn't think they were going to make it. But with the help of a therapeutic boarding school focused on dealing with troubled teens, they did make it.

Such a program can offer a way to break the tension for a family, provide around the clock mentoring, counseling and guidance for the teenager, and encouragement and training for the parents as well.
Parents get a needed break, and the teenager gets a break from bad influences and can gain a new, healthy perspective on life.

In a few months, there can be a renewed interest and respect by the teen for his or her family and rules, and a desire to make something of their life, not a penchant to throw it down the drain as they had been doing.
If your child exhibits some of the signs of needing intense counseling and temporary removal from the home, then I welcome you to check out such an option.

Here are some things to look for: Look for a boarding school where the formula is loving and relational, not forced or focused on breaking the teen's spirit.

Look for one that is designed to bring light to a troubled teen's heart and reveal and deal with their struggles, not crush their heart like many of the harsher boot camps and wilderness programs can do.

Look for a boarding school that is specifically designed to work with and solve troubled teen issues.

Look for one where parents are continually updated on the student's progress and on-campus events and seminars help parents know how to deal with the teenager more effectively.

Such a program needs to be well-rounded, focusing on bringing healing to family relationships and better thinking and actions on the part of the teen. If you find and experience such a program, you'll discover as many parents have told me over the years, that it literally saved their troubled teen from sure self-destruction, or at the very least saved their family from pulling apart at the seams.