THERAPEUTIC BOYS RANCHES IN WYOMING THAT BUILDS LIFE-SKILLS AND CHARACTER

With their distinctive outdoor experiential expeditions and education program, RMF helps young boys unplug from negative distractions and wholly live each new day with skilled counselors, learning powerful life lessons in God’s glorious Creation. We help your struggling boy learn respect and character values.

Teen boys today are, on average, much less active than they used to be. Technology has provided so many fun and easy ways for boys to entertain themselves that they are less likely to turn to the outdoors and physical activity as their primary hobbies or sources of entertainment. That’s why the best therapeutic boys ranches in Wyoming and the West are so successful at helping at-risk teens get out of their harmful ruts and patterns and develop new life-skills and useful character traits.

First and foremost, when your son comes to RMC, teen boys engage physically by working with their hands and doing manual labor at the ranch. Countless studies have shown that vigorous physical exercise improves mental health by boosting serotonin and endorphin levels, making young boys feel better right away. Physical exercise also promote increased energy, which can help boys feel motivated to engage in other activities and invest in meaningful relationships. These are all going to be critical to promoting overall health of the mind, body, and spirit.

Working on Rocky Mountain Frontier, LLC therapeutic boys ranch in Wyoming also helps struggling teens to develop a drive and work ethic, which is something they may not have been pushed to do at home or in school. Because there are so many jobs that must be completed every day at working ranches, troubled teens quickly learn how to work hard and focus on the tasks that need to be completed. They are met with success on a daily basis, which rewards their hard work and helps boys internalize their newly discovered work ethic. When they take this task-oriented perspective home, boys will have increased success in school, at home, and later in life as they start a career.

Struggling teen boys discover and embrace new interests during their time living and working at the ranch. They are exposed to many areas of focus, including caring for animals, working with machinery, growing vegetables, and helping with other tasks. Each of these activities at boys ranches can help introduce boys to new hobbies that they can then take back home with them to maintain continuity and resume their journey of rediscovering who they are and what they care about.

HERE ON THE FRONTIER, EAGER BOYS ALSO LEARN FUN THINGS LIKE:

• wilderness survival techniques
• horticultural (growing food)
• fishing, and setting traps for food
• care for chickens, horses, other ranch animals
• cutting wood for fireplaces in cabins
• hike safety nearby mountain trails
• packing horses for 3-4 day camping trips
• make a tent and campsite
• keeping nature clean

More than wilderness learning program, Frontier’s outdoor education has long been acknowledged as an amazing and effective way to help preteen and teen boys heal and reset life values and priorities. RMC serves young men 10-17 who are struggling academically or behaviorally and takes them out of their familiar environment and comfort zone to learn deep-standing life lessons that will help them flourish for a lifetime. Wilderness learning expeditions play a pivotal part in the program.  

The program at RMC is built to be a unique alternative to traditional methods of behavioral treatment. Our outdoor program helps teen boys reconnect with the natural world and establish a personal foundation that is rooted in Christian values and principles. Located in the mountains of Wyoming, near breathtaking Yellowstone National Park, our beautiful cattle ranch is home to a program that gives them a better way to live life.