| Military boot camps are camps where adolescents | | | | camps is too harsh and may have an adverse effect |
| are trained by military personnel to endure the rigors | | | | on a troubled teen. Parents should consult with a |
| and discipline of military life. Parents of teens who are | | | | qualified counsellor before taking the step of sending |
| out of hand send them to boot camps after | | | | children to structured camps. Insubordination is not |
| exhausting all other methods of making them behave | | | | tolerated at the camps even if the insubordination is |
| better. The structured discipline imparted to teens to | | | | reasonable. Some programs are expensive and unruly |
| take on the challenges of a life serving in the military | | | | behavior will result in expulsion before completion and |
| prepares them to become more responsible and well | | | | the teen will not be re admitted once expelled. |
| adjusted adults. | | | | Experts believe that teaching blind obedience will not |
| Military boot camps give the same instruction and | | | | help to develop a rational attitude or spirit of enquiry |
| indoctrination that is given to new cadets who join | | | | in adolescents. |
| the armed forces, to teenagers. The instructors are | | | | The significance of military camps is that they teach |
| senior or retired military personnel. Typically programs | | | | teens to act responsibly and in a disciplined manner |
| are held for a period of four to six weeks. All | | | | with their peers and with their parents. They help to |
| communication with friends and family are cut off | | | | make the teen emotionally and physically tough. Their |
| while at the camp. Limited communication through | | | | mental balance improves when they follow a |
| telephone or letters is allowed. The young men and | | | | regimented routine. The lessons taught at military |
| women do drills and sporting activities. They are | | | | boot camps are lessons that will keep adolescents in |
| expected to do their own chores and adhere to a | | | | good stead all their lives. |
| stringent routine. They are encouraged to solve their | | | | The effects of teen behavioral improvement at a |
| emotional problems through discipline and hard work. | | | | military boot camp are that teens get rid of their |
| Military boot camps are beneficial to troubled teens. It | | | | negative attitudes and learn to face life positively and |
| teaches them the qualities of discipline, leadership and | | | | with confidence. A range of problems from addiction |
| training for a systematic and sensible lifestyle. All the | | | | to psychological disorders can be treated at military |
| beneficial qualities that are attributed to the military | | | | boot camps. The routine demands hard work and |
| system are imparted to adolescents. They learn to | | | | discipline and leaves no room for negative thoughts |
| cope with themselves, their problems and with | | | | or behavior. |
| others. They learn to face the hardship of the real | | | | Military boot camps can help discipline troubled teens. |
| world with courage and rectitude. | | | | However, experts believe that sending teens to the |
| Military boot camps have their disadvantages in | | | | harsh disciplining atmosphere of a military boot camp |
| helping troubled teens. The discipline taught at the | | | | must be a last resort option for parents. |