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How Parents Can Stop Feeling Powerless When Their Teen Runs Away Panic, fear, guilt, confusion–all emotions that parents of runaway teenagers experience when they learn… Read More »Coping with a Runaway Teenager: Advice and Resources for Parents

Listen to Article or Download Help Your Daughter Recognize Signs of a Toxic Boyfriend Before It’s Too late When your teen daughter starts dating, you… Read More »How to Spot Signs of a Toxic Teen Relationship

Introduction: The History of Reform Schools One of the first reform schools for so-called “delinquent” children, the Philadelphia House of Refuge, opened 200 years ago… Read More »Are Reform Schools a Good Option for Parents Today?

When a troubled teen is in crisis mode, finding a residential treatment center or a boarding school can be one of the most life-changing steps… Read More »Does Insurance Cover Residential Treatment and Therapeutic Boarding Schools?

How to Help a Teen Refusing Treatment Teenagers with mental health or severe personality disorders struggle to manage thoughts and behaviors that get them in… Read More »How to Talk to Your Teen About Residential Treatment

Technology and cyberspace have become an integral part of today’s education. School children constantly use the latest technologies, including PCs, Smartphones, the Internet, and Social… Read More »10 Essential Ways Teachers Can Stop Cyberbullying

What is a Therapeutic Boarding School? Residential private schools used to be called “boarding” schools but are now simply called private schools. Parents often send… Read More »Pros and Cons of Therapeutic Boarding Schools and Residential Treatment Facilities for Troubled Teens

Teenage Suicide, COVID and Teens: Is There a Connection? For the past 15 years, rates of suicide among children, teens and young adults have increased 60… Read More »The Other Pandemic No One is Talking About: Teen Suicide in the U.S.

Residential Treatment for Teens Then and Now If you ask the average person without personal experience what inpatient mental health treatment looks like, and they… Read More »How Residential Treatment Centers for Teens Evolved for the Better