Noun Boot camps can be governmental, being part of the correctional and penal system of some countries, but most of them are in the United States. Private boot camps, using generally the same methods, offer programs as "quick-fix solutions" for the children of parents who hope to regain lost control of their teens or who desire behavior modification. Modeled after...[ read more ]

Noun A boot camp for boys uses scare tactics and negative reinforcement in a structured military-like setting to reform the negative behaviors boys may be expressing. Most boot camps for boys focus on instilling a sense of discipline and structure in the young men who attend. The idea most boot camps for boys are based around is that this sense...[ read more ]

Noun Boot camps for troubled teens are behavioral modification programs that are designed with the intentions of rehabilitating troubled adolescents. Despite its popularity, boot camps have been proven, as a whole, to be ineffective in promoting true, long-lasting changes in the behavioral patterns of troubled teens and can sometimes result in a child returning even worse than before. Boot camps...[ read more ]

Noun Boot camps for troubled teens are behavioral modification programs that are designed with the intentions of rehabilitating troubled adolescents. Despite its popularity, boot camps have been proven, as a whole, to be ineffective in promoting true, long-lasting changes in the behavioral patterns of troubled teens and can sometimes result in a child returning even worse than before. Boot camps...[ read more ]