Thrive Helps Girls Caught up in Sexual Promiscuity

Thrive Girls Ranch and Home understands that you want to find help for your struggling teen girl who may be caught up in sexual promiscuity. We’re here to help at our affordable, specialized boarding school program, set in a safe, positive and structured environment near Austin, Texas

Teen Involvement and Outcomes
Sexual promiscuity in teens is characterized by or involving indiscriminate mingling or association, especially having sexual relations with several partners on a casual basis. Sex can become an outlet for a struggling teen’s frustration, or the teen might believe that having sex is a demonstration of their partner’s love for them–or their love for their partner. Promiscuous sex also can be used to punish parents whom the teen believes is trying to control their life or prevent them from transitioning into adulthood.

Many teens girls who are sexually promiscuous put themselves at risk for teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and low self-esteem and little or no emotional health. Sexual promiscuity might seem like a norm, or they might encounter peer pressure and feel forced to participate because their friends are doing it.

Teens who feel inadequate, imperfect and unappreciated are more likely to seek out comfort in premarital sex. But those teens who have a life filled with relationships, family traditions, activities, interests and receive consistent love and affirmation are less likely to engage in a desperate search for fulfillment that could lead to unwise premarital sex.

Be aware of these specific risk factors for premarital sex and teens:

• Intoxication clouds judgment and weakens resistance to promiscuity.

• A steady boyfriend or girlfriend is another factor that can lead to premarital sex. A strong feeling of exclusivity invites nature to take its course, especially when physical attraction becomes physical expression begins early in a relationship, especially when the boy is two or three years older than the girl. If a teen romance appears to be getting hot and heavy with excessive physical contact, you will need to approach both boy and girl diplomatically, but candidly about the physical course they have set into motion.

• Little parental monitoring, leaving adolescents alone for hours at a time and not requiring accountability is also a setup for premarital sex.

• If a parent’s belief that premarital sex is appropriate and inevitable, or if you think premarital sex is okay, your teen will too and will most likely act on that belief.

• Poor school performance will have an affect on your teen’s perception of premarital sex. While school performance is affected by an assortment of factors, a basic desire to do well in school reflects on a more hopeful outlook towards the future, and will bring about an inclination to shun immediate gratification for long-term goals. Teen sex, in contrast, usually reflects ignorance of or little regard for the many consequences associated with premarital sex.

How Your Teen Girl Can Change and Thrive

Thrive Girls Ranch and Home offers life transformation to girls who struggle with life-controlling and self-destructive behaviors or attitudes like Sexual Promiscuity. We provide therapeutic counseling to each individual girl, plus daily learning experiences and activities that nurture a true change of heart–and help her thrive in life. We desire to see every girl discover her God-given potential, and live out the core values of integrity, compassion, community, vision, stewardship, servanthood, and faith in Jesus Christ.

Teen girls enrolled at Thrive receive fully accredited middle and high school curriculum through Alpha Omega Academy. We also offer extensive academic recovery options, and help her prepare to transition into a normal, healthy lifestyle in college, ministry or the workforce. And because we highly value family restoration, parents can visit their girl once a month, and receive good insight on improving family relationships.

Need help with your teen girl caught up in Sexual Promiscuity?
We enroll girls (ages 12-17 years) year-round, but we have a limited number of placements.
Please call (512) 545-2226 now. We want to help!
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