June 2009

Troubled teen girls and the therapeutic milieu

June 18, 2009

Image by Ozan Ozan via Flickr “Unfortunately and uniquely to our time, teenage girls face serious problems today. By junior high, girls have already moved into a dangerous, media-glutted, and sexualized culture that presents them with unattainable goals of perfection: be beautiful, smart, flawless, athletic, well-dressed, cool, sexy, in a good mood and, most importantly, [...]

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Ripples

June 16, 2009

Image by Mrs eNil via Flickr The following posts across our network provide a wide range of interest.  Over at Help for Struggling Teens and Parents, Jeff Brain posted on Understanding Self Injury.  At On the Road Which Goes Ever On and On… Mike took a trip down memory lane with his post Back in [...]

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Problem, Troubled and Struggling Teens

June 13, 2009

Recently Jeff Brain wrote an interesting post noting the difference in terminology between troubled teens and struggling teens.   As Lon Woodbury points out: “The term Struggling Teen has broader connotations. As we use it at Woodbury Reports, it can include a troubled teen with serious disorders but primarily includes teens who, for some reason or [...]

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Turn It Over

June 9, 2009

Image by cambodia4kidsorg via Flickr An interesting aspect of the work we do in sharing our experience, strength and hope with families and struggling teens, is that in the end, all we can do is share. The results are outside our control. The challenge for our entire staff is to be forever clear about the [...]

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Ripples

June 3, 2009

Image via Wikipedia The efforts of all our team members at Stepping Stone Partners continue to expand.  Mike Argiros and Jeff Brain have both found a great deal of traction with their blogs and we have officially launched the Family Foundation School blog as well. Recent Posts we’d like to highlight for you: Strength Through [...]

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