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Article #389: Girls Boarding Schools: The only Solution

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July 24th, 2006 ,Teenage rebellion can be This effect is strengthened even more in
a sign of health, especially in girls. In girl's boarding schools, where girls live
an essay contributed to Catching a Wave: in a girl-centered world 24/7. Many
Reclaiming Feminism for the 21st Century, parents find that boarding schools give
Nancy Gruver has written that girls are their daughters a more positive set of
understandably outraged by injustices. peers, so that peer pressure work for
However, the process of socialization girls, instead of against them. Instead
teaches girls to swallow their healthy of feeling pressure to experiment with
anger. Unfortunately, then, the anger sex and drugs, girls feel challenged to
that could fuel needed change in our be the best they can be.
society is misspent. It gets turned For many parents finding out that their
inward as self-destructive choices, or son or daughter has been struggling with
girls express it, ineffectively, in blind teen drug abuse is a catastrophic
rebellion. revelation. Thoughts of failure,
Girls who are troubled are often the disappointment, guilt, and embarrassment
brightest and most sensitive. They either flood a parents mind. However, you must
learn too well what society seems to want remember that you are not the only parent
from them (such as sexual precociousness to face such a situation. And more
or underachievement) or they simply importantly, many families have overcome
refuse to go along with the unfairness. teen drug abuse in the past.
These girls challenge us to find Many of them itself creates ideal
healthier ways to educate them to be conditions for the development of
contributors to a more just society. troubled teens, because it have proven
Exhausted parents are torn between that such teenagers have underdeveloped
advocating for their girls and wishing front part of the main brain, which makes
their girls would "just go along and get it difficult for them to determine right
along" in school settings that trample from wrong. Many believe that troubled
their self-esteem. While a family's love teens are product of the society they
and concern can do much to build live in. But as it was already mentioned,
resiliency in their girls, no single it is most likely a combination of
family is strong enough to protect its reasons that make teens troubled.
daughters from the effects of a I realize it is not easy to deal with the
"girl-poisoning" culture. If only we fear of the unknown, however sometimes
could train girls to use their energies the fear can be worse than the situation.
to correct injustice in the world, rather If you have trouble managing your anxiety
than being self-destructive. of the future, then go to:
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girls in an environment prepared troubled teens that have a great deal of
especially to focus on girls - their academic potential and a good heart, yet
needs, development, strengths and they are currently off track, lost, and
talents, and the way they learn. Girls wandering in the desert (selfish,
boarding schools is just this type of ungrateful, and lazy)... in need of
environment immediate infusion of God's precious
For instance, one girl was used to Spirit and a restored relationship with
hearing boys yell, "Cat fight!" whenever Jesus Christ (selfless, thankful, and
girls disagreed with each other in class. motivated to excel).
When she transferred to an all-girls They can be of great help. This site is a
school, she found that girls were comprehensive directory or Resources for
encouraged to debate, to speak their Troubled Teens and their families. If you
minds, and think through their opinions. are looking for more information on
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(which went on right in front of of a troubled teen, an educational
teachers) she developed her thinking and consultant, or a professional who serves
communication skills. the needs of troubled teens.






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