Juvenile Boot Camp
If your child has recently been abusing drugs or alcohol, has
become out of control, is becoming violent, or has any legal
problems, you may be considering juvenile boot camp. However,
before sending your child away to a boot camp, it's important to
know what these camps actually are, and how effective they might
be in helping you're troubled teen.
The idea behind boot
camps is that if the child is yelled at and punished hard
enough, they will eventually obey they're orders. Although this
theory works in the short term, the long lasting effects of it
are questionable. By sending you're emotionally troubled teen
away to a camp where they are getting yelled at, will only
create more anger in you're child towards authority figures.
This is also not helping you're child get along in the real
world, where compromise, respect and cooperation are vital
social skills in any society. By teaching them that the most
callous, loud and angry person wins they are not going to
realize the real consequences of their behavior.
If you have a child suffering from emotional or behavioral
problems, sending them to a person who is going to break them
down might be setting your child up for even larger issues when
they reach adult hood. Before you send your teen away to boot
camp, consider a more sensitive, therapeutic approach that will
help your child solve their problems as well as teach them that
compassion and tolerance are the real keys to living a happy
successful life.