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About Juvenile Consulting Services, LLC We’d all rather not talk about it. Our children lying to us. Our children using drugs. Our children getting arrested. Our children having sex. Our children creating havoc and destruction in not only their own lives, but in their families and communities as well. “Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege than the raising of the next generation.” (Former Surgeon General C. Everett Koop) Parenting is by far one of the most significant contributions that we can make to society, because a child is society’s most valuable asset. Good parents try to raise their children to become healthy, law abiding, productive and successful adults. But even the best of parents may struggle with helping a challenging teen through the adolescent years. Parenting adolescents may present challenges that can easily overwhelm and frustrate even the most well intentioned parent who lacks the knowledge, resources and stamina to properly assist an adolescent in healthy, mature development. This transition from childhood to adulthood presents numerous challenges not only for the parent, but for the adolescent as well. It is for this reason, that Juvenile Consulting Services, LLC (JCS) has been created. Our goal is to meet the needs of the youth and parents, helping them safely navigate the often turbulent water of adolescence. JCS provides educational programs, resources and support to youth and parents that are facing some of these difficult issues. By providing high quality, professional and relevant programs, real solutions begin to emerge as both youth and parents are refocused on what is at stake and given the tools and resources to make positive changes in their lives. |
JCS is committed to helping youth ages, 12-17, from engaging in delinquent activity, and intervening in the lives of at risk youth to avoid further involvement with the juvenile justice system and the human costs that are associated with that. Our parallel goal in helping youth is to partner with their parents/legal guardians. Where there is a teen who is struggling in any area of their life, there is a parent or concerned adult who is often in need of support, encouragement and possibly additional trusted resources. JCS provides them with information on dealing with their challenging teen and additional parenting resources and referrals for programs and services. By providing juvenile diversion programs for youth and parents focused on legal awareness, accountability for one’s conduct, decision making skills, consequences of making repeated poor decisions and ongoing referrals for parents and youth, families can retain an equilibrium and remain focused on the positive aspects of helping their youth mature in a healthy, positive way, free of criminal and other harmful activities. |
For some of us, these issues may be thrust upon us when our teen gets in trouble at school, gets arrested, becomes unmanageable, or has other educational, behavioral, mental or physical health concerns. As parents we may find ourselves unprepared, overwhelmed, angry and at a loss as to how to effectively address these issues. For other parents, we may fear that our youth are headed in that direction.