Interview by Allen Cardoza
Monday, Oct 22, 2012
Brian Pace and K. Nathan Meng spoke to Allen Cardoza from Answers for the Family blog on his L.A. Talk Radio to review issues teenagers today are experiencing creating their own unique individual personas. Prior to questioning his guests, Allen supplied a helpful idea to parents of struggling teens that could possibly pay for therapy and alternative schooling. He suggested that they contact an organization called Saving Teens which helped teens in crisis find financing along with the very best therapeutic boarding institutions. He also invited listeners to contribute donations.
Brian Pace
Brian Pace assisted with the start up of Red Rock Canyon School in 1999, and since 2004 he has served as the Red Rock Canyon School Executive Director. He has led in the development of the various Care Schools: Red Rock Canyon School, Mount Pleasant Academy, Falcon Ridge Ranch and Lava Heights Academy. He did his undergrad work in psychology and coaching. He also earned a masters degree in Educational Counseling and Mental Health Counseling.
K. Nathan Meng
Nathan has been the primary therapist for Care Schools for more than five years. He got his A.S. from Ricks College, his B.S. from Utah State University, his M.S. from Seattle Pacific University, and is currently enrolled in working on his Ph.D. at Brigham Young University. He has acquired expertise in Family Therapy, Experiential Therapy, Adolescent and Child Therapy, and Substance Addictions.
Adolescent Identity Crisis
Adolescents today are encountering a crisis certainly never known by previous generations. As they evolve from concrete reasoning to abstract conceptualization, they find themselves buffeted by an increasing number of outside influences. This makes it considerably challenging for them to figure out where they fit in.
Exacerbating this social crisis is the wide gulf between the virtual world and the real world, as well as the generational gap between a peer group of cyber friends and parents who are not technologically-sophisticated.
The guests recommended a new model of parenting. Instead of an open-door policy, which rarely worked given that teens are reluctant to discuss their private difficulties, mothers and fathers could possibly build a partnership with their adolescents by checking in with them each day in an informal way and devoting an appointed time to get together each week.
The guests also provided answers to listeners emailing in with questions. One parent wanted to know how to deal with the sudden change in her 17-year-old son whose high grades had fallen and who was no longer interested in going to college, and a coach wanted to know how to address his team, who were more interested in using their cell phones in the locker room than in developing a cohesive team culture.
Monday, Oct 22, 2012
Brian Pace and K. Nathan Meng spoke to Allen Cardoza from Answers for the Family blog on his L.A. Talk Radio to review issues teenagers today are experiencing creating their own unique individual personas. Prior to questioning his guests, Allen supplied a helpful idea to parents of struggling teens that could possibly pay for therapy and alternative schooling. He suggested that they contact an organization called Saving Teens which helped teens in crisis find financing along with the very best therapeutic boarding institutions. He also invited listeners to contribute donations.
Brian Pace
Brian Pace assisted with the start up of Red Rock Canyon School in 1999, and since 2004 he has served as the Red Rock Canyon School Executive Director. He has led in the development of the various Care Schools: Red Rock Canyon School, Mount Pleasant Academy, Falcon Ridge Ranch and Lava Heights Academy. He did his undergrad work in psychology and coaching. He also earned a masters degree in Educational Counseling and Mental Health Counseling.
K. Nathan Meng
Nathan has been the primary therapist for Care Schools for more than five years. He got his A.S. from Ricks College, his B.S. from Utah State University, his M.S. from Seattle Pacific University, and is currently enrolled in working on his Ph.D. at Brigham Young University. He has acquired expertise in Family Therapy, Experiential Therapy, Adolescent and Child Therapy, and Substance Addictions.
Adolescent Identity Crisis
Adolescents today are encountering a crisis certainly never known by previous generations. As they evolve from concrete reasoning to abstract conceptualization, they find themselves buffeted by an increasing number of outside influences. This makes it considerably challenging for them to figure out where they fit in.
Exacerbating this social crisis is the wide gulf between the virtual world and the real world, as well as the generational gap between a peer group of cyber friends and parents who are not technologically-sophisticated.
The guests recommended a new model of parenting. Instead of an open-door policy, which rarely worked given that teens are reluctant to discuss their private difficulties, mothers and fathers could possibly build a partnership with their adolescents by checking in with them each day in an informal way and devoting an appointed time to get together each week.
The guests also provided answers to listeners emailing in with questions. One parent wanted to know how to deal with the sudden change in her 17-year-old son whose high grades had fallen and who was no longer interested in going to college, and a coach wanted to know how to address his team, who were more interested in using their cell phones in the locker room than in developing a cohesive team culture.
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