Learning To Trust

Among the troubled teens who end up in a therapeutic boarding school are a number who have been adopted and who find it difficult to cope with that fact. Despite loving and caring adoptive parents, one troubled teen girl who was in and out of foster care before her adoption has had to grapple with major trust issues since arriving here. But after several months of hard, emotional work, she has made significant strides. Once spiteful and explosive, she has become a kinder, gentler version of the girl who arrived, thanks to her own persistence and the efforts of a caring staff.

Although she is now regarded as one of the most diligent and responsible of senior students, she is not immune to backsliding. After receiving some disappointing news from home recently, she spent several hours stewing in her anger and disappointment. Several hours, not several days. For a young woman with more struggles than most people will see in a lifetime, that is noteworthy. Today she is back on her feet and more trusting than ever in the many helping hands that got her there.