Success Stories
They needed a lifeline. They found it in Boys Town.
When you're a parent facing what feels like an impossible situation with a son or daughter, the weight of uncertainty can be overwhelming. For the Lowell family, that moment came during the pandemic, a time when their home, like many others, was under tremendous strain. School struggles, behavioral challenges and a fragile family dynamic left them searching for more than answers. They needed a lifeline. They found it in Boys Town.
At Boys Town, the Lowell's discovered more than just a program. They found a community, a partnership and a structure of support built to uplift not only youth in crisis but the families who love them.
Watch the Lowell's Family Success Story
Boystown is the partner that we have in raising our son and probably the place that saved our family. It was during the pandemic and Alex was having a really hard time going to school. His behavior was, was pretty erratic. It wasn't a good dynamic for anybody in the family and it really wasn't good for Alex. We worked with an educational consultant who recommended Boystown for him. It really made a lot of sense for us structured around the, the family teacher living with these other youth at the same time and how they have relationships with one another and I think we also felt, um, there was sort of room for us in that as well. It's really, really scary to send your kid away.
What we liked about Boystown is that it's got a reputation. It's out in the public. It's not hidden away somewhere. It's part of the wider community And it's also a bigger environment, which I think is good. I think if you look at some residential treatment centers, you might have 20 or 30 or 50 kids in the entire place, and that I think can be a little bit oppressive sometimes.
Versus at Boystown they have an opportunity to go to a larger school. There are things that make it feel very much like any other community. High school, The family's structure and the way they design the unit here is sort of the secret sauce of Boystown because it allows there to be a family example of, you know, a couple. He sees how they interact with one another. He sees a good, strong relationship and then he sees and how you live in a household together, how you get along practically since it is so structured and so consistent, that really helps him. The relationship with that we have with Boystown, or that any parents can have with Boystown really depends on the parents and how much they want to put into it and what kind of involvement they wanna have.
There's never been a time that we couldn't have our questions answered, that we couldn't communicate with the family teachers. We know what's going on with Alex here and they know what's going on at home and, and we collaborate. It is absolutely a partnership and we have felt that from day one.
The biggest thing that we've gotten out of Boys town is just knowing that there is a safe place for our son to grow and thrive. We know that when he leaves Boys town, he will have a good head on his shoulders and he's going to be on the right path. I don't think there's a better path or place that he could have gone to to get that foundation.
