Although your situation is unique and deeply personal to you, please remember that there are thousands of families going through the heartache and turmoil you face in your home right now. There is a literal epidemic of self-destructive teenagers in America today that seem bent on throwing their lives away. You rightly try to evaluate the impact he is having on himself, his siblings and parents and wonder what options are right for you to consider. Which ones have the greatest likelihood for success? Which of those can you really afford to embrace, both emotionally and financially? In short, you don’t think you can live with your son, and you can’t live without him. You are dismayed, embarrassed, confused and feeling hopeless. You feel guilty, and wonder where YOU went wrong… Does this sound about right?

Please, please, please listen to me when I tell you that hundreds and hundreds of families each year have elected to send their boys to a Christian boarding school and scores of testimonies are available of families happily reunited with their happy, confident and hopeful sons. When your friends and family mistake your decision for “giving up” on your son, you can confidently tell them that they are far from the truth. You are not giving up, or giving in; you are fighting for the life of your child. The sacrifices you will be called on to make in your separation, financial provision, and emotional support through his “anger phase” will take all the strength you can muster. Your faith and effort will be rewarded, and you will have every reason to hope… again.

Please, call me if you wish to discuss the program at Masters Ranch and Christian Academy. I will answer any questions you have about what life will be like for your son. What he will learn and what he will do from day to day.

Students usually don’t like or understand the decision you are called upon now to bravely make. But over and over we have heard those same students one day, thank God for their parents sending them, not away from their family, but to their help and hope. If they choose to grab the life-ring you throw them, and it is their choice; you will never regret doing this for them.

Please don’t hesitate to call,

Pastor David Bosley B.D., M.Div