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Guest: Carl Olding, 406-847-4400, colding@elkmountainacademy.org, www.elkmountainacademy.org, Founder of Elk Mountain Academy, a Therapeutic Boarding School in western Montana for boys with substance abuse problems. Olding talks about how legal prescription medications are increasingly being redirected by teens into being abused and hints as to how parents and grandparents might watch for signs of this abuse.

Guest: Mike Watson, 256-426-8873, tmw1950@yahoo.com, www.mwatsonconsulting.com, Co-founder of the recent Three Springs treatment centers headquartered in Alabama, Watson is currently doing program consulting for schools and programs for struggling teens. Drawing on his 39 years of experience in the field, he offers his suggestions for what parents need to watch for to find effective schools and programs that emphasize providing quality and effective services for struggling teens.

Andy Anderson, 727-512-9144, alanderson1537@earthlink.net, ispaaac.com, Ex. Dir. of the Independent Small Programs Alliance (ISPA) discussed the advantages and possible future of small parent-choice residential schools and programs for struggling teens.

Andy Anderson, 727-512-9144, alanderson1537@earthlink.net, ispaaac.com, Ex. Dir. of the Independent Small Programs Alliance (ISPA) discussed the advantages and possible future of small parent-choice residential schools and programs for struggling teens.

Guest: Doug Czyz, 402-990-5371, doug.czyz@boystown.org, boystown,org, National Admissions Coordinator for Boys Town in Omaha, Nebraska talks about the 93 year history of Boys Town and how it has evolved over the year as the needs of children with problems have changed.

Guest Brandi Elliott, bmelliott@verizon.net, the Director of Admissions and Business Development for Northwest Academy in Idaho has 19 years experience with struggling teens and their families, and Guest Kimball DeLemar, Kimball@innerchange.com, a licensed Social Worker is a Senior VP of Interchange headquartered in Utah with more than 25 years experience working with stugglingteens and their families talk about changes and challenges in society that are impacting education and speculate on what education might look like in a few years.

From the time of early youth, so many of you have sought freedom from influences that you felt were limiting you, whether it was parents, institutions, or even "life". Many times you bring such struggles into your personal adult relationships as well. Tonight we invite you to join us as we look deeper at both the search and the struggles, to discover your true source of freedom within, and how you can use that personal freedom to change your life—and your world. – Baratta During the show, Baratta talks with caller (and previous guest) Richard Stubbs about the issues of freedom that arise within families.

How many of us have said these words? "I am my own worst critic." This statement is a reminder of just how harsh we can be with ourselves, something we rely upon in the vain hope that self-admonishment will bring an end to our feelings of inadequacy. Join Baratta as he examines the origins of negative self-criticism, and how we can end it once and for all.

One of the most frightening things in life is opening to trust someone more, whether that someone is another person or yourself. Most often the fear comes from the knowledge that with greater trust comes a greater risk of being hurt. Join Baratta tonight as he explains how to navigate that fear and build new trust that can become a foundation for greater love and happiness in our lives.