Posts Tagged ‘parenting teens’
When It Rains It Pours
Sometimes it is hard to breathe…hard to think…hard to just keep going. Just when things seem like they are calming down, another crisis hits or more bad news comes. You can’t take this anymore. The downpour of problems coming one after another has you collapsing and crying out for relief. How much more God? This…
Read MoreSilence.
It’s been days, weeks, months, and for some of you…years. Still you wait. You wonder if God even hears you. You have prayed and prayed and now have come to a dreaded conclusion in your mind. You have started to doubt in God. You imagine God lowering His head to listen to every word of…
Read MoreNo Matter the Season, God is With Us
My life has been a crazy one this past year. Because I write about teens in crisis does not mean that I no longer have a teen who is struggling. In fact, as the time grows closer to adulthood, new struggles have popped up. At times, I am weary and wonder when my almost adult…
Read MoreIs It Really (The End) of Your Story?
When my teen’s issues were finally under control and healing was taking place, I felt a sigh of relief that it was finally over. The worry, the pain, the brokenness, and the crises that were displayed over and over again, were a thing of the past. I could close the book like the end…
Read MoreIs Your Teen in Crisis a Target for the Sex Trade?
According to CourageWorldWide.com, there are 4.5 million young girls and boys across the globe who are sex trafficked. In the United States alone there are between 100-300,000 teens and children trafficked ranging from the ages of 9-19 with the average age of 11. Many parents have this assumption that it doesn’t happen in their neighborhood.…
Read MoreRemember the Fathers
It’s Father’s Day. For many dads who have teens or young adults in crisis, this is a day they wish would be quickly over. It is a reminder of the pain, the heartache that they have endured with their child. The disappointments, the stress, the sadness, the devastation, and especially the failure that they feel…
Read MoreMental Illnesses and Disorders in Parents of Teens in Crisis
It is difficult alone to parent a teen in crisis, but to be a parent with a mental illness or disorder and raising a teen in crisis is much more difficult. About two years ago I met a mom who shared with me her struggles with her bi-polar daughter who self-harmed. To make matters worse,…
Read MoreA Real Mother
For the mom with a teen in crisis, Mother’s Day is often a day that she wants to forget. But that is difficult to do when all she sees are the loving Mother’s Day ads on television or hears wonderful accolades from other children to their mothers. Instead, she sits there with tears in her…
Read MoreRound #89
Exhausted. Weary. Stressed. How much more does this have to go on? How many more rounds does it take before my kid can finally be set free from this madness? You’ve evaluated your options. You have done your research. You might even have great counsel. But in the end, there is still a battle within…
Read MoreSatanists Advice for Troubled Teens
She called herself a counselor for troubled teens. At least that is what she stated on her facebook. I had been researching for a specific post that I had planned to write regarding the cult and how hurting teens can be easily lured and influenced to join the dark side. I had never imagined that…
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