Parenting
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This past year I have gained many new blogging and fan page friends with encouraging words that have been so supportive. That in turn, has encouraged me to continue to share hope to hurting parents with hurting teens. As I continue this journey that was started a year ago, I pray that God will…
Read MoreI Don’t Love My Child Anymore She Said – Or Does She?
When parents with teens in crisis get overwhelmed with no hope, they start a process within them to protect their heart. It is called, “Detachment”. For many parents, this is not something willingly expressed but instead suppressed. If you think about it, how many moms and dads with teens in crisis are willing to openly…
Read MoreHave You Let Porn Into Your Home?
Tim Challies has written a great article Please Don’t Give Them Porn For Christmas regarding how easy it is for porn to be welcomed into your home and into your kids/teens lives. I have discussed this lightly in one of my other posts, but because Christmas is only days away, one of the biggest challenges…
Read MoreWith A Heavy Heart We Push Forward
This past week I was blindsided. It was supposed to be a joyous occasion but it quickly turned into a time of speechlessness, shock, and a heavy spirit. The fact is, when you have teens and young adult children, they are bound to do something that rips at your heart. It makes you realize that…
Read MoreDear Dad…I found your porn on the computer when I was 12
Whether you as a dad think that porn is only an issue for you and it doesn’t affect anyone else, please have the guts to read this one letter. It just may save your life, your family and your marriage. An Open Letter to the Dad looking at Porn *Used by Permission
Read More3 Steps Forward 2 Steps Back
Have you ever heard of the expression, “3 Steps Forward, 2 Steps Back”? I know I have and believe me, I hated it for a long time. Why? Because we have a tendency to look at the negative first instead of the positive. Raising teenagers and dealing with the crises day in and day out,…
Read MoreA Hurting Parent’s Christmas Wish List
What a powerful story these parents share. I know that many other parents of hurting children can really identify with these thoughts, prayers, and wishes. Don’t give up. Keep praying, keep seeking, God listens.
Read MorePride Goeth Before the Fall of Your Children
Today, many parents rather be prideful, choose denial or keep secrets than consider first the welfare of their teens. I’m not talking about those who would normally feel embarrassed or feel shame about their family’s situation or too scared to talk about it. But I am talking about those who had been offered help from…
Read MoreThere is Hope for the Holidays When You Have a Teen Hurting
The holidays are around the corner and for many parents with teens in crisis it is often overwhelming to think about. Celebrating times with family and friends is not something we can even think about when living in a bubble with a struggling and hurting teen. In years past I had often dreaded the holidays.…
Read MoreHelp for Parents of Troubled Teens
Hope for Hurting Parents has provided some great resources that I would highly recommend. They have been a blessing to me by all that they share and my prayer is that you not only seek out these resources, but also follow their blog. They truly have a heart to minister to parents as much as…
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