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Tough Love Program Alternative:
Wilderness Treatment

The Tough Love Program is a self-help group where parents meet together in their home communities. There is a curriculum and facilitator for each group. The topics discussed focus on self-change and setting boundaries. Tough love for teens is not affiliated with any boot camps. Although the Tough Love Program bears the name Tough Love, for teens, it encourages caring, compassion, determination and tact. Some parents are able to use this method and others are not. We receive a lot of referrals from tough love program parents whose defiant teenager has progressed beyond the parent's ability to administer any of tough love for teen's concepts. The media has frequently referred to wilderness therapy programs as tough love programs. RedCliff's therapeutic wilderness program certainly provides boundaries and structure in a wilderness environment that certainly feels like tough love for teens. RedCliff is a resource for a Tough Love Program parent whose troubled teenager has progressed beyond the parent's ability to help them.

See if your child is right for our wilderness program, a great alternative to tough love programs