Entitlement Mentality: Is It The Teen Or The Parents?
Entitlement Mentality Cuts Both Ways If you swear around your kids, you’re going to hear them experiment with those words. If you drink, when they get older they’ll likely do the same. If you feel entitled when you shouldn’t, that mental attitude will be transferred to your children. The thing about entitlement is that it […]
Behavioral Issues For Parents Of Adopted Teenage Girls To Look Out For
When adopted teenage girls struggle with the inherent physical, emotional, or social changes of adolescence, out of control behaviors are typical and should even be expected. The following article examines some of the most common behavioral problems in adopted teens, and furthermore, teaches parents of adopted teens how to handle these behavioral issues. Typical Out […]
Recognizing Trauma In Your Teen
How To Recognize Trauma In Your Teen Recognizing trauma in an adolescent can be difficult. Many of the symptoms of trauma, also known as post-traumatic stress disorder, are similar to typical behavior that teens exhibit. However, trauma is a serious disorder that has far reaching effects that can carry on for adolescent girls well into adulthood, […]
Are Antidepressants Making Teens More Depressed?
Common Depression Drugs for Adolescents Are Ineffective It is not uncommon for well-intentioned parents to turn to prescription medications in an attempt to relieve their child’s depression. However, what if parents knew these medications prescribed to depressed teens were not only ineffective but instead, made symptoms worse? Would these parents continue to roll the dice […]
Recognizing Depression in Teenage Girls
Depression is a mood disorder characterized by disturbances in emotional responses and thoughts. It disproportionately affects adolescent girls at a rate of twice as much when compared to adolescent boys. There are theories as to why girls are more likely to suffer from depression, such as it being a consequence of the earlier development of […]
Bullied Teens At Risk For Later Depression
A teen who’s been bullied must already deal with its short-term imact – from loss of self-esteem and confidence, to shame, to embarrassment and a sense of isolation. But research continues to prove that bullying has long-term effects, too. Bullying Can Cause Deep Depression In The Victims In a recent study, bullied teens were shown […]
Why Shame Is The New Trauma And How It Fuels Substance Abuse In Teens
Substance abuse in troubled teens is often a result of shame, or more specifically, shame-based trauma – so, why is it then that parents never hear about it? It’s not because it doesn’t exist; it’s primarily because shame isn’t something people want to discuss, nor is it a comfortable topic when they do. However, […]
Your Teenage Daughter Is Out Of Control Defiant, What To Do!
Every parent dreams their little girl will grow up and be successful, fulfilling all of her dreams as she goes. Unfortunately, dreams do not always come true and some little girls grow up and become defiant and unruly. As a parent, it can be exhaustive trying to make sense of the turmoil and answer all […]
School Failure By Your Daughter, What Causes It And How We Help
A Variety Of Causes Your daughter could be failing school because she’s “too cool” to learn. She could be failing because she has adopted an addiction on the sly. There might be a boy involved. She might be suffering from a cognitive learning disability like Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or an Autism Spectrum Disorder. She […]
Do Public Schools Make Things Worse for Troubled Teens?
Public schools have been proven to exacerbate pre-existing troubled teen issues, as well as lead to other issues manifesting as the school year progresses. Our therapeutic boarding school offers a strong academic focus, making it the optimal choice for troubled teens having issues in traditional school settings. Extensive research has shown that teenagers throughout the […]
