Residential Treatment Centers, Therapeutic Boarding Schools: Teen Help
The holidays are over, school is back in session and your teen is still driving you mad! So many parents hope and pray, with each day - week - month - maybe after the holidays, after this or after that, things will get better.... Sometimes they do - however most of the time, the behavior seems to escalate. As a parent you will go back to trying local therapy, if you can convince your teen to attend - maybe find peer support groups. Then maybe out-patient, in-patient - maybe they think a few meds will do the trick..... Yes, I am being a bit facetious. I am not someone that is against medication when it is needed, but I see too often that teens are given mood stabilizers or anti-depressants so quickly. (This happened with my own child) - when in reality we are dealing with kids today that have spoiled rotten brats - entitlement issues - and teens today that simple act-out when they don't get their own way? After parents have exhausted all their local resources,...