The Family Hope Line Student Profile
Student Profile: The Family Hope Line represents only the most ideal Christian Boarding School environment for the troubled teen. Troubled teens who are struggling with substance abuse issue, yet is highly gifted. These teens are unmotivated, and rebellious toward parental authority. The ideal student is a good kid, from a good Christian family, yet is struggling to understand and find his/her unique identity and destiny. Additionally, this child is struggling with substance abuse issues. Moreover, the prospective student is a boy or girl who is looking for significance in all the wrong places, often putting his/her peers in higher position then that of his/her family.
The ideal student is the troubled teen who acts entitled, is selfish, and does not think parental/societal rules apply to them. The ideal student behaves relatively well outside of the home (accept for the drug and/or alcohol use), but inside the home he/she has left his/her family in great peril. For immediate Family Advocacy please call 888-494-9077.
The prospective student does not have a mental illness nor does he/she respond well to secular counseling/therapy. Why? Because there is nothing mentally wrong with the child and therapy has never produced maturity or spiritual growth anyway. The typical student is "entitled", "selfish", "self-centered", or "self-engrossed". This child has compounded their emotional immaturity with the abuse of drugs and/or alcohol. In earlier times this child would be considered to be "spoiled", "demanding", or a "brat" who used drugs or alcohol as a way to cope with the negative consequences of their choices. Today we consider them to be a troubled teen. Besides, there is no therapy in the world that will help a child to grow into an adult.
Because of the parent's determination to protect and provide for their children the youth has lacked the adversity needed to induce and promote maturity and emotional growth. Moreover, this child has rarely been required to invest into his/her family, training them to believe that it is all about them. Their day-to-day life has revolved around getting their own needs met even at the detriment of others needs. Additionally, they have been rescued time and time again from inappropriate behavior, and very rarely have they felt the consequences of their actions (although their parents have). Due to the fact that they believe that the world has been created to serve their needs, coupled with the parent's determination to provide for their every need, this prospective student has contracted "entitlementitis". And, Jesus is the only cure.
The perfect student profile is the teen that is not in need of mental health treatment, they need the reality of Jesus Christ in their life. Additionally, they need to know self-discipline, self-sacrifice, and service towards others, giving, charity, and adversity. They need to experience hard work, perseverance, and longsuffering. They need to get outside of themselves long enough to see how well they have it, and begin to appreciate all that they have been blessed with. They need to be grateful for all that they have and begin to invest themselves in the lives of others.
Because of the lack of respect for parental authority the prospective student is in need of an alternative educational setting. The ideal student has began to "struggle" as he/she makes one poor choice after another. Not too long ago this student seemed to be the perfect child. However, around the time of puberty things started to change and the sweet kid turned into a stranger. Instead of maturing into a healthy sound adolescent with a strong moral compass, this student now identifies more with the latest hip-hop rapper or gangster. Some of our student spends countless hours playing video games, or messaging friends through the Internet until the wee hours of the night. Some of our students have become sexually active. Most of our students have become immune to how they hurt others and have an "I don't care attitude".
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The prospective student is most likely rejecting his/her Christian upbringing, or at least seems spiritually lost in comparison to where they once were. This student has dropped their affection for sports, healthy hobbies, and good friends. Good grades are no longer important because working hard in school takes away from their social life and school is not cool with their new circle of friends. As a matter of fact their new friends have become the center of their universe and their values no longer are in alignment with their parents.