Posts Tagged ‘support and help for troubled teens’
Chew and Spit, Chew and Spit
She was only 17 years old but started at eight in learning how to control her weight. With huge issues at home that were beyond her ability to fix, she focused on one thing that she could control – chew and spit. It only took one comment to set her off and she then became…
Read MoreIt Was Toxic From The Start
He was looking for someone to love and validate his feelings. She was looking for someone to just love her. That first conversation did them in. Everything that was said and not said between them made sense. They couldn’t live without each other. It was as if it were fate that brought them together. Or…
Read MoreEvery Single Day….
If you’re a dad and you think that your role is not that important as a parent, please watch this video! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8d8z3yX6eI#t=38]
Read MoreTheir Addictions, Our Controlling
As a parent who not only has seen other parents with kids and addictions, I too, saw the issues first hand within my own home. Although these addictions were not to drugs or alcohol, they were still addictive behavior that had control over our daughter’s lives. For many years I thought that if only I…
Read MoreA MESSAGE ON SUICIDE FROM TEENS TO YOU
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Read MorePorn In The Classroom
Showing eleven and twelve year-old’s how to use a sex toy is educational? Although this might have been an isolated case in Florida, what is happening all across America are the cases of porn being allowed for your kids to read. Since the implementation of the Common Core Standards, more and more parents as well…
Read MoreWake Up! Your Teen Is Trying To Tell You Something!
The above quote was by my daughter in the height of her depression and suicidal tendencies. As a parent, it was difficult to hear but also eye-opening at the same time. What she shared is very true to how teens feel. This month all across the nation is focusing on the awareness of suicide. It…
Read MoreShe Thought They Were Just Being Nice
Foster teens who have been in crisis after crisis have a very difficult time adapting and feeling loved. Generally, they are more exposed to lifelong attachment issues than other teens. This is the story of one young lady who has been broken many times and how the foster family wanted her to know how valuable…
Read MoreA Teen’s Life Story of Depression, Anxiety and Self-Harm
Telling her own personal story as a teen and what her mom was faced with, Adria shares what it was like being faced with the fact that her depression and anxiety as well as self-harm was leading her to a road of destruction. Her mom was left with little alternatives other than to put Adria…
Read MoreThe Silent Danger
If you think your pre-teen or teen is safe against pedophiles on the internet, think again. Although they will use the computer to get to your child, they can also use texting and cam on their cell phone or have communication through the local library. It only takes one click. One picture. Pre-teens and teens…
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