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Mental Illness Part 2 – When Your Child has Bipolar Disorder
Do you have a son or daughter who has bipolar disorder? Are you confused about what it is or what you can do about it? This is part two in a series on mental illness. This post deals with bipolar disorder: symptoms, causes, treatment and recovery options. Don’t be dismayed, if your loved one follows a recovery plan, they can have a satisfying, productive life. Rescue is possible. Hope is real.
What Can a Parent Do With Their Fears?
“I sought the Lord and He heard me and he delivered me from ALL my fears.” (Psalms 34:4) Oh, God, I thank you that you always hear us when we come to You. Deliver us when we...
Could Your Child Have Panic Disorder?
You may be a mom or dad who is seeing some disturbing behavior in your child you cannot explain and do not understand. Could they be having panic attacks? Maybe you have felt...
4 Things the Parent of a Rebellious Child Can Do
The following is taken from a newsletter to the parents of youth at a local church with my additions. If your child is in full-blown rebellion, no matter how old they are, there...
Something Hurting Parents Can Do
Focus on the Family recently asked 5,000 adults what they wished their parents had done differently during times of conflict, they gave these three responses most often: They...
Olympics and Broken-hearted Parents
What do the Olympics and broken-hearted parents have in common? Not much. Only that when your heart has been broken by your child's choices and behaviors the experience is a...
Something Weary Parents Lack
Are you a weary parent? Are you drained? Depleted? Worn out from dealing with your child's problems with alcohol and drugs, eating disorders and all forms of self harm like...
Struggling Parents Need This More Than Anything Else
What do you need when your son's drinking is beginning to damage his life and he won't listen to your warnings? What do you need when your daughter is depressed, cutting herself...
Hope Rises from the Ashes of Dark Knight Shooting in Colorado
Friday night, July 20, I wrote most of this blog before the tragic, heartbreaking shooting in Aurora, Colorado had happened. I actually posted it at 9:10 PM that night...
Brokenhearted Parents Must Face Their Worst Fear
What is your worst fear for your child? Mine was that my daughter would die. She was just 18, abusing alcohol and drugs, cutting herself to soothe emotional pain, living on the...
Hurting Parents Need Freedom!
How can parents whose children are hurting from abusing drugs, alcohol, self harm of all kinds (eating disorders, cutting, burning), pornography, same sex relationships, gambling...
Caught in the Wild Fire of Being a Hurting Parent
I have been so heavy hearted over the devastation the wild fires have caused in Colorado. Over the last 17 years I have had the pleasure of spending time in Ft. Collins every...
Hurting Parents worst Enemy
Fear. It is our worst enemy. It is the uninvited guest that has over-stayed their welcome. If you read my blogs very often you will see that I talk about fear alot. That's...