Posts Tagged ‘Support and Help for Parents’
You’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 MoreWhen A Court-Appointed Program Is Not Helpful But A Nightmare
A while back I spoke with a young woman whose daughter was in a program appointed by the court. Her daughter would be staying in the program for about a year. This was really hard on the mom but if the program was going to help her daughter, then she would do her best to…
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 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 MoreChildren, Suicide, and Gun Control
Ian was preparing for school when a behavioral issue popped up and was sent to his room. His emotional capacity was not able to decipher or understand the consequences of what he was about to do next. Ian took his life at the age of ten. His mother would have never contemplated this chain of…
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…
Read MoreO Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree
As you probably noticed, I haven’t been around much. You see, life takes a lot of twists and turns as a parent and as a person. Since July, I have taken on a full time job along with some new teen challenges to deal with and changes in my personal life. With busyness,…
Read MoreGod Sends Calamity To Bring Peace
I am the one who forms light and creates darkness; the one who brings about peace and creates calamity. I am the LORD, who accomplishes all these things. Isaiah 45:7 Cyrus the Great was a pagan king who reigned over Persia between 539—530 BC. During this period, the Jews were suffering from a great calamity.…
Read MoreI Just Want to Go Home!
The most common phrase that doctors, therapists, counselors, treatment and hospital centers, officers/guards, and parents hear from a teen is, “I just want to go home.” We begin to visualize the popular Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz clicking her heels with her eyes closed repeating, “There’s no place like home,” over and over again.…
Read MoreOur 30 Day Challenge
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…
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