A Parent’s Worst Nightmare – Mom, I’m pregnant!

After the shock has worn off and you have picked yourself up off of the floor, you start to dissect what your daughter just announced. “I’m pregnant!” she says. Your first thought is the fact that she is only 15. The next few moments are frozen in time as you try to rationally think of…

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What is the Right Diagnosis?

You have made your appointment with the psychologist or psychiatrist, and you have left with some disturbing news about the mental state of your teen. How do you respond? For some parents, that response doesn’t sit well with them and they are left to wonder if this is in fact the right diagnosis.

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Stop Diagnosing Your Child!

    When your teen is in a crisis, there is this overwhelming need to find the answers. Desperation can really wreak havoc when you feel time is at an essence and nothing else you do on your own seems to be working. So when you haven’t reached out to a professional mental health provider…

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When Parents Feel Hopeless at Easter

Yes, holidays are tough. While everyone is happy around you and enjoying their families, you are struggling to just get through the day. But there is hope. Our Heavenly Father has not abandoned you or your child in crisis. He is faithful. He is our hope in our time of crisis. This is a great…

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The Hurting Teen and Influence of Music

He was 16 at the time and he was sending songs to my daughter to get her opinion of what she thought. My daughter knows my love of many genres of music and eagerly shared with me to get my opinion as well. Most parents when hearing a song for the first time think to…

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The Fledgling

In the last six months in our family, we have been working hard towards independence for our youngest daughter who will be 17 in the summer. Now as a parent, I had been through the bottomless pits of self-harm, suicidal tendencies, depression, self-loathing, identity issues and more with my teen. The last thing I wanted…

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Children Producing Porn

My heart is broken.  I received information in my email this morning and would encourage you to pray, to pray for our children.  There are many parents out there who do not know that their children are producing porn, right from within their own home. I would encourage you to read the whole article in…

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