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HOMELINES - Richard Armstrong

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Ursus:
Here's another page from Armstrong's website. I guess that "stable traditional family setting" must be Richard's?

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HOMELINES - The Program

The Homelines program seeks to establish maturity through vocational training, wilderness experience, and incorporating students into a stable family setting. This program focuses on mentoring young men into self-sufficient responsible manhood.

The student lives in a stable traditional family setting in Northern Idaho on the edge of national forest and wilderness areas. Respect and regard for others is a natural part of life here. The student learns hands-on vocational skills by working on a variety of building and maintenance projects. Through mentoring rather than teaching, the young man gains confidence born of the satisfaction of projects started and finished. More importantly, he learns how to enjoy working and the satisfaction of succeeding at a task that was first perceived as impossible.


Building and mechanical skills are emphasized.

By the time a student comes to us, he may have already worked through one or a number of other more restrictive programs, and is ready to expand his sphere of influence and open up to the benefits that HOMLINES has to offer. We help him take the next step toward manhood through the variety of life-skills we provide him. We place a strong emphasis on developing a work ethic and the resulting satisfaction of accomplishment and a job well done.

We also have the student who has completed high school, but who still lacks the maturity and skills for independent living or higher education. Redirection of behavior toward healthy challenging outdoor activity comes naturally to a young man in this backcountry mountain environment. Canoe trips, hiking, backpacking, mountain biking, and rock climbing can be an irresistible replacement for more destructive pastimes.

Typical enrollment begins with a minimum of 6 months in order to establish positive relationships and integrate the student into our unique family setting.


The classroom is Mother Nature.


INTEGRATED SERVICES


* Vocational training opportunities with an emphasis on a variety of construction skills.
* The opportunity to obtain a G.E.D. or assistance for the student to acquire a high school degree through correspondence courses.
* Development of the basic skills of living with others and fulfilling personal responsibilities.
* The opportunity to develop skills for healthy male / female interaction.
* Learning the worth of character.
* Stability gained or acquired by living within a healthly family setting.

try another castle:
Also heard from HEAL. They should be updating their site, if they havent already.

Che Gookin:
Good stuff!

Ursus:
Just curious, were Richard and Karen married when Twila Stephenson filed her lawsuit thirteen years ago? The Homelines staff page mentions that the Armstrongs have "raised five children of their own, of which the oldest has graduated college."

Italic emphasis as per source re. "Mountain Man."

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HOMELINES - The Staff

Richard and Karen Armstrong offer young men the assistance to advance to the next level of their lives. They have raised five children of their own, of which the oldest has graduated college.

Boundrylines Intervention Services, Inc. was founded in 1990. Durring the 12 years of intervention work with adolescents, the need of a mentoring program for young adults developed, and was met with the HOMELINES program.



Director Richard Armstrong has been working with adolescents and young adults in a variety of settings for over 22 years. He has led and instructed wilderness courses as well as mentored in a therapeutic boarding school setting. He has experience in facilitating group sessions in addition to leading individual personal growth workshops. Richard embodies the ideal of the American West and is an accomplished Mountain Man. His deep interest in the history of the West is brought out in teaching a variety of skills of the Old Tradition.

try another castle:
I honestly do not remember Richard's marital status while I was there in the 80s. I *do* however, remember my friend telling me that he put his hand up the back of her shirt to rub her back. She got really pissed off, and recounted to me that the staff took her in to the office to try to convince her to keep quiet about it. And guess what? They were rather nice, since they knew she had them by the balls.

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