Dealing with your rebellious teen may feel like standing in a hurricane. You might even lose control while dealing with the defiant behavior of your teen. Navigating through sudden outbursts and constant lip-smacking can become very challenging. But you should remember that you can’t control the behavior and anger of your teen, but you can […]
Where Can I Send My Disobedient Teen?
During teenage, kids undergo significant physical and mental development. It’s common for them to display a rebellious attitude or start pushing new boundaries. At some point, this behavior can escalate to the end of being unmanageable. Parents may get exhausted and ask: Where can I send my troubled teen? When dealing with a violent teen, […]
Finding Residential Treatment For Your Troubled Teen
It’s no secret that life as a teenager can be challenging even under normal circumstances. However, for troubled teens struggling with mental health issues, substance abuse, or behavioral problems, daily life can feel nearly impossible to navigate. Conditions like depression, anxiety, addiction, or experiencing trauma like abuse can severely impact a teen’s ability to function […]
How to Discipline a Teen Who Doesn’t Care About Consequences
Every teenager’s parent knows how hard it is to find a middle ground with them at that age. It is challenging to discipline a kid who seems indifferent to consequences, but as adolescence is a time for rebellion, self-discovery, and defiance, it’s understandable that teenagers are trying to find themselves and their voice in the […]
What Does Teen Loneliness Do To The Brain?
Developing a sense of independence is essential for teenagers. However, spending too much time alone can indicate something isn’t quite right. Isolation and withdrawal from social interactions might point to latent problems that could affect the mental health of a teenager. Acting on their best interests will be vital to finding a solution. For that […]
Maintaining Communication and Fostering Trust With Your Troubled Teen During Their Journey at the Academy
If you are considering sending your teen to a program at Liahona, aiming to restructure their lives and work on their problematic behavior and poor decisions, it is crucial to understand how essential it is to have open lines of communication, especially at an age when they start to leave their childhood years behind and […]
Parents Dealing with Teens’ Explosive Anger and School Suspensions
At Liahona Boys Academy we are dedicated to providing support and guidance for families facing the challenges of parenting troubled teens. Today, we address a particularly difficult situation – coping with teens explosive anger issues and face multiple school suspensions. Understanding Teens Explosive Anger Teens struggling with explosive anger issues and frequent school suspensions often […]
A Journey from Teen Gangs, Smoking, and Parental Disobedience
Is your teen grappling with involvement in gangs, smoking, and parental disobedience? What can parents do when their teen is constantly breaking house rules and has no regard for anyone? Teens involved in gangs often deal with a tremendous amount of peer pressure. Liahona Boys Academy deals with a number of teens struggling with similar […]
How to Deal With Teen Theft
A common and distressing issue that many parents confront – dealing with a teenager who steals from home and constantly finds themselves in troubling situations. If you have been hiding your money and valuables, you know the daily stress of not being able to trust your teen. Use Liahona Boy’s Academy’s tips on how to […]
Collaborative Parent-Teen Recovery: Strategies for Rebuilding Trust and Strengthening Bonds
Your teen has gone to a residential treatment center and returned. But life after treatment needs adjustment. After going through rigorous, structured treatment in residential treatment programs, coming back home can be filled with conflicting emotions. Of course, there’s relief and accomplishment from having completed their journey. But there’s also the fear of relapse or […]
