Struggling with anxiety as a teen is hard! Helping your child to manage it is critical. Read this article so you can be better equipped to help your teen on their journey to positive mental health.

After struggling with anxiety and depression, Aly’s mom sent her to Turn-About Ranch. Aly was able to turn her life around after months of counseling, trust-building, and caring for animals. Today she is a married mother and successful vet tech. Learn more about how Turn-About Ranch was able to help Aly change her life.

Being a parent is hard! That is especially true when it comes to raising teenagers. As a parent, you don’t really get an instruction manual on how to raise your kids. However, here is a guide to the common pitfalls we see with parents and how to avoid them.

Teenagers are known to be naturally moody and a little rebellious. After all, they’re learning who they are and are testing boundaries. However, there is a big difference between what is normal and what is actually Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Yes, that’s a real thing! Discover the difference and what you need to know about this ODD disorder.

Recently, I tagged along with the Turn-About boys and a few of the staff members to hike to one of Escalante’s strangest treasures: the Cosmic Ashtray. The formation resembles a volcano at the top of a sandstone mountain, a rock island resting in the center of its “crater.” In winter, it is quite a spectacular scene. The red and yellow sandstone mixes with the white of snow, and the whole landscape looks like a giant Cold Stone tabletop filled with ice cream and crushed candy. The winter makes Escalante seem to glow.

At the trailhead, we took a closer look at the snow, and we were amazed to see huge ice crystals all over the ground, with some of the shards exceeding the width of a …