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I just found out my teen is using drugs and alcohol. I’m so scared for them. What do I do?  How do I help them? Should I consider rehab centers, residential treatment, or family therapy? When…

September is National Suicide Prevention Month.  When a teen resorts to suicide and parents, family members, and friends are left to grieve the death of their teen, it is a…

When things seem to come unraveled, and your teen needs mental health care, it’s hard to know what to do and how to seek help.  Parenting a child who struggles with mental…

School, friends, social media, even wanting something new to wear from a particular brand of clothes – no matter how huge or trivial the topic, the conversations you have with your teen are…

The anxious anticipation of the starting gun. The red, flashing shot clock that causes one’s stress to rise as the numbers count down. The deep breaths taken in the locker…

When a teen or young adult needs mental health care, we want their family to find accessible, high-quality treatment nearby. Our newest short-term, insurance reimbursed, residential programs — Embark at The Poconos, Embark…

Social media can affect teens in different ways — it can impact them emotionally, socially, physiologically, and psychologically. It can be a powerful tool that helps those who struggle to meet new people form connections…

As parents, we know how to protect our kids from getting sick (most of the time): wash their hands, eat nutritious food, and get good rest.  Simple.  But what can we…

Lots of kids have messy rooms. They’re typically too busy focusing on other activities to be bothered to tidy up very often. But, disorganization and a messy room can be…

Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Now, it officially is a federally recognized holiday, observed every year on June 19th.…