What are Failure to Launch Programs Failure to launch programs for young adults help teens who struggle with adulting. They’re like a boot camp for life skills. These programs tackle issues like depression, substance abuse, and mental health disorders. They aim...
When a person enters their twenties and moves away and leaves their teenage years behind, they begin their lives as young adults. At this stage in life, most 20 somethings are thinking about moving out of their parents home and living their own independent life....
This story was first published by the HuffPost of Australia and written by Bella Westaway. Misha Heaton was excited for the birth of her brother. At four-years-old, she couldn’t wait for a playmate, to bounce around the gardens of their home on the North Shore of...
At The Crossroads is a premier Independent Living Program for troubled young adults struggling with mental health issues, behavioral issues that may have resulted in detention or incarceration, and trouble with living independently. We offer young adult recovery...
For Our Kids… I recently had my second child. This combined with working with troubled youth leaves parenting on my mind about 90% of the time. If I wasn’t sure before, having a newborn and a 2-year-old has definitely convinced me that being a parent is the hardest...
Have you heard the word Couth? If you heard it in a sentence today, would you be surprised to hear it? How often is such a word used in the current young adult population? Is the rising generations taught this word and the meaning of it? And should they develop it? I...
During a teen’s high school years, a lot of preparation is involved in getting them groomed for college. But, what happens when these graduates finally end up at the universities they worked so hard to get into? As young adults are thrust into a new world of...
Drugs Are All Around Us, And They Don’t Discriminate Drugs don’t care what your background is, what you look like or where you come from. The facts tell it all and they are frightening. It’s time to be realistic and realizes drugs are impacting the youth of today,...
The transition from childhood to young adulthood can be a difficult and confusing time for many individuals. In some cases, difficulty with this transition can lead to serious problems that need to be addressed through a treatment program. At The Crossroads is a...
Like most parents, I always expected my son to make the transition into adulthood without much of a push. My wife and I thought he would want to become more independent and find a place of his own after high school, but that isn’t what happened. For the first...
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