Teens In Crisis
Should We Let Our Teen in Crisis Learn From Their Mistakes and Choices?
Someone once told me several years ago that I shouldn’t be as involved in my teen’s life and to let them make their own decisions and mistakes. I partially agreed. You can say to most parents that letting your kids make their own mistakes is a good thing. It teaches them many valuable…
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Music. It can directly impact your teen and their crisis. In fact, it can also worsen their crisis to the extent of real harm and even death. When my teen was going through her depression, it wasn’t the normal sad day that many of us have. It came with suicidal ideology and tendencies. She was…
Read MoreFrom Suicide to a Life of Pain
When my daughter was nine, she would play on a game called Fantage. It was a cute cartoon game that encouraged fun, imagination, and pretend. They of course had parental controls in which you could oversee your child’s time on the game as well as how much contact they could have with others. They were…
Read MoreGod’s Message for Your Teen – I’m not finished yet!
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Read MoreYou Are Not Alone
I would like to promote Dena Yohe’s book, “You Are Not Alone” which will be released on July 19th, 2016. Dena and her husband have been blogging friends that I have come to know and respect for the last several years. We have often shared our posts with each other so that we could…
Read More5 Things to Do When Your Teen is Diagnosed with a Mental Illness
by Julia Greif Watching your child/teen being diagnosed and living with a mental illness is hard. This is something no parent wants to experience. In fact, after being diagnosed many parents feel lost as to what is next. There are many things to do and not to do when you’re dealing with any mental illness.…
Read MoreBeauty From Pain
As parents of teens in crisis, all we see is pain. That pain is evident through our teen’s struggles and hurts, through their mental illness, disorders, and addictions. We also see that same pain directed towards us through the avenues of their behavior. It is often very difficult to handle and we get emotionally…
Read MoreA raw and poignant look through the eyes of a parent with a teen in crisis. A letter to my son…
….who’s currently in residential long-term care for his recent behavioral/mental health issues, about 3 hours away, and who is now refusing to contact me because he’s not happy ab… Source: A letter to my son…
Read MoreThe Envoy Group
Your child is a mess. They have been in crisis after crisis, getting worse along the way. You’ve tried every avenue to help your teen, leaving you tired, weary, and frustrated. You have met a lot of opposition during the journey. In some cases, your teen’s crisis escalated as their behaviors became more risky…
Read MoreGod’s Answers to a Parent Who Feels Hopeless
YOU SAY – “It’s impossible” A teen in crisis is beyond overwhelming. You don’t even know where to start in getting help or if they can even be healed of their crisis. I can tell you that this is not true. In God’s eyes, He knows differently. He will be your Anchor in the midst…
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