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The Olympics and Painful Parenting
by Tom and Dena Yohe | Aug 5, 2024 | what you can do
My husband and I enjoy watching Olympic events. As I watched this week, it occured to me that the Olympics and painful parenting have something in common. Like many of the athletes who didn’t win a medal, parents of troubled adult children are discouraged from dashed hopes and unsuccessful attempts to control the outcome of their children’s lives. What can help us let go of needing to control? In this post I list 5 choices. I’d love to hear what you think!
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“Mom, Dad, I’ve Been Watching Porn”
by Tom and Dena Yohe | Aug 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
Welcome my guest blogger today, my friend and fellow author, Barb Winters. Barb is the founder of the ministry Hopeful Mom: supporting parents in an online world. Pornography has...
Parents in Pain Need Times of Refreshment
by Tom and Dena Yohe | Aug 22, 2023 | what you can do
When you are the mom or dad (or grandparent) of a child who causes you a lot of heartache for any reason, all kinds of destructive choices and behaviors, including issues outside...
A Question Parents in Pain Need to Ask Themselves
by Tom and Dena Yohe | Aug 14, 2023 | what you can do
If you are a parent in pain with a son or daughter whose choices or challenges have broken your heart, your world revolves around them. The worries of having a child with mental...
Hurting Parents Need Peace with the Unknown Outcome
by Tom and Dena Yohe | Aug 7, 2023 | what you can do
In the beginning of my experience as a hurting parent, I struggled with my intense desire to know how my daughter's journey with alcohol, drugs, depression, self harm, suicide...
The 4 A’s for Hurting Parents
by Tom and Dena Yohe | Aug 1, 2023 | what you can do
My daughter wasn’t doing well. Alcohol and severe cutting had almost destroyed her life. Worried and distressed, I struggled daily to maintain my sanity. Nights were full of...
A Time to Weep: 4 Practices for Parents of Troubled Kids
by Tom and Dena Yohe | Jul 24, 2023 | what you can do
My seventeen-year-old-daughter had shown signs of improvement. Taking her newly-prescribed medication for depression and anxiety, she appeared to be coping better … at least...
Did You Win the “Parent Fail” Award?
by Tom and Dena Yohe | Jul 17, 2023 | who you can be
Welcome today's guest blogger Val Bush, one of our Hope for Hurting Parents teammates. I recently watched an interview with comedian Chris Rock. When asked who he is at home, he...
The Gift of a Prodigal: One Mom’s Perspective
by Tom and Dena Yohe | Jul 10, 2023 | what you can do
Today I welcome guest blogger and lover of prodigals, Judy Douglass. *photo cred. Kateryna Hliznitsova on unsplash "Fifteen years ago, God sent us a son. He was...
An Untapped Resource for Brokenhearted Parents
by Tom and Dena Yohe | Jun 27, 2023 | what you can do
Broken. Crushed. Lifeless. Grief-stricken. Depressed. Heartsick. Sorrowful. Sleepless. Incapacitated. Stunned. Immobilized. Numb. Inconsolable. Despairing. Dejected. Distressed....
Father’s Day Prayer for Hurting Dads
by Tom and Dena Yohe | Jun 19, 2023 | what you can do
Yesterday was Father's Day. Are you among the many dads who didn't enjoy the day? You might not have observed Father's Day in any way for a number of reasons. If the difficulty...
6 Helpful Tips If Father’s Day Will be Hard
by Tom and Dena Yohe | Jun 12, 2023 | holidays
Father's Day is this coming Sunday. Are you a brokenhearted dad because of your child’s choices, struggles, and dangerous behaviors? Is your soul shipwrecked with disappointment,...
5 Faulty Expectations Parents Have About God
by Tom and Dena Yohe | Jun 5, 2023 | what you can do
I was blindsided! My early parenting years didn't prepare me. Books I read on childrearing didn't prepare me either. No one prepared me for what was to come. It's not fair. I...