Why Schools Have Problems Providing Help to Troubled Teens

We all understand that parents are responsible for raising their children.
We also recognize that teenagers are, in large measure, responsible for their own actions.

Nonetheless, it would be very helpful to many families if schools were capable of providing more assistance and help to troubled teens.
Much of a teenager's life is spent in school and/or with his or her classmates. The school environment is a key backdrop in their lives and what happens there has a tremendous impact on their potential for progress.

Unfortunately, most schools have difficulties supplying necessary help to troubled teens. That isn't because they don't care or because they're not interested in the well-being of their students.
On the contrary, most school systems would love to be part of a solution for parents dealing with struggling teenagers.

Not only do they care about seeing individual students succeed, they also recognize the value of less disruptive and more engaged students to the operation of their schools. The problem is unrelated to desire or motivation.

The reason why regular schools often fail to provide meaningful help is structural.

Faculty are trained as professional educators, but don't necessarily have the background or skills to help troubled teens. Even those who may have the talent or credentials to assist are already stretched thin due to the rigors of their job.
A standard-issue public high school simply isn't set up to deal with troubled teenagers.

It's not about faculties and staffs who don't care, it's an almost inevitable structural limitation.

These inherent limitations are one reason why many parents are looking toward therapeutic boarding schools specifically designed with struggling teens in mind.
These schools are specifically designed to provide an encouraging, supportive environment and are staffed with professionals who are skilled and accustomed with dealing the unique challenges associated with their students.

While it may not be reasonable to expect your child's school to provide special help to troubled teens, there are alternatives. It may be possible to turn the school experience into something that can create a radical, positive change in an at-risk teen's life.
Parents of struggling teens should carefully investigate and consider therapeutic boarding school options.