Help for Parents of Struggling Teens

Looking for a teen help program?

Call (866) 845-1390

Fat Camp
Learn about why fat camps don’t work and why the new healthy weight loss camps are so much more effective. more >>

Featured Programs

Sage WalkSage Walk
Sage Walk’s wilderness program offers a powerful and significant approach to help your teen overcome emotional and behavioral problems. Our mission is to resolve family conflict in order to reunite families that have been torn apart by the behavioral problems of a troubled child. Sage Walk was chosen as the wilderness program for ABC's Brat Camp in part to their effective drug and alcohol education component to help teens experimenting with substances.

Learn more about Sage Walk >>

Outback Therapeutic ExpeditionsOutback Therapeutic Expeditions
Outback blends the best of the "ancient cultural systems" with the most effective and proven therapeutic processes. Your troubled teen will experience the highest standards of safety and therapy in the context of one of the most powerful settings for real change - the wilderness. Outback groups are single gender and comprise 6-9 students.

Learn more about Outback Therapeutic Expeditions >>

Kids Ignore Warnings On Liquor Ads and Bottles

A study from Brigham Young University indicates that children do not bother with warning labels that appear in magazine advertisements and on liquor bottles.

The federal government requires liquor companies provide use warnings that say drinking increases risks for birth defects, causes impairment when operating machines, etc.

The BYU researchers, led by Professor Steve Thomsen, tracked the corneas of 63 middle school-aged children as they looked at bottles and magazine ads. The average time spent reading labels was seven seconds. Afterward the children could not recall what the labels said.

“We have to ask, “Are the labels effective?”” Dr. Thomsen said. “And if not, what can we do to make them more effective?

Lisa Hawkins, a spokesperson for the Distilled Spirits Counsel, said the study was flawed because such warnings are not aimed at children.

“There is no such thing as drinking responsibly when you’re under 21,” she said.

The study appears in the latest issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health.

Return to the Teen Help Directory >>