Posts Tagged ‘Help for Parents with troubled teens’
Is Your Teen in an Abusive Relationship?
She was 16, pregnant, and involved in a relationship with someone in their twenties. When asked why she would be with a man who obviously didn’t care about her, all she could say was, “I could never leave him. I love him. Yes, he has hit me. But I’m okay with that.” The young man…
Read MoreNo! I Won’t Take My Medicine!
There is a common thread that unites many parents of teens today affected with mental illness. This thread is the unwillingness or refusal by teens to take medication for their mental impairment. It is frustrating, scary and overwhelming. How can you help your teen when all they do is battle you? You beg,…
Read MoreWhen You Have Lost Your Joy at Easter
Everyone is in the Easter holiday spirit. It’s that time and season in which you bring out all of the spring décor and clothing. As you rip into the closet or boxes in the basement, there you find tucked away in the corner is your child’s Easter basket. Memories take you back to when you…
Read MoreYou’re Fired!
How many times do you think you should have been fired from your job as a parent? Your teen is out of control, getting in trouble or having a meltdown. You step in to pull it back together but find yourself making things worse. Maybe you added to their problems. Maybe you gave the wrong…
Read More17, Engaged, and Her Reasons for Being Gay
About a year ago, I worked at a toy store as a part-time sales person. I needed to get my feet wet in the working world because I knew eventually I would need to go full-time which I am doing now. During that period, I worked side by side with a lot of young people.…
Read MoreThy Will Be Done Lord, Thy Will Be Done
Did you reach the end of your rope in rescuing your teen? Have you prayed or begged God to fix your child to what you thought was best for them? Was there a time in which your teen’s life was coming together only to turn around and get redirected in the opposite direction? I…
Read MoreShould 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…
Read MoreWill Mental Illness Cause My Child to be a Murderer?
In recent days, coverage of the mass shootings in Texas and Ohio have revived the stories of several prominent cases of crime involving young people. Along with those horrific crimes is the subject of mental illness. Two in particular made widespread headlines across the nation highlighting mental illness as the reason for the crimes.…
Read MoreThe Road of Silence…Or Is It?
In the past six months I have had to travel. Most of my stops have been to North Jersey. This has given me a tremendous amount of time driving in complete silence. I wish my travels took me on rural country roads to digest the scenery around me. Unfortunately, I don’t always get…
Read MoreStarting Anew in 2017!
For many of us parents with teens and young adults who struggle and are hurting, we look forward to leaving the past behind and starting anew on New Year’s Day. This past year, for a few of my friends with teens and young adults were in crisis. They have had to weather the storms of…
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