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Easter’s 3 Messages of Hope for Hurting Parents
Parents with broken hearts carry a lot more pain than usual during a holiday season. Memories bring tears instead of joy. Traditions aren’t the same. Hurts hover over everything like a dark cloud. Does that describe you? If so, you will relate to this blog post. Easter has three powerful messages of hope for us when ours is running out.
My Child Might Be Suicidal – What Can a I Do? Part 2
My child might be suicidal, what can I do? Worried sick about my daughter, this was the question that tormented me. I feared she was in danger of ending her life. I struggled to...
My Child Might Be Suicidal – What Can a I Do? Part 1
Suicide is a growing problem among teens and young adults, especailly since the pandemic. Suicide attempts among teens and young adults nearly doubled over the last 10 years...
What Parents Need to Know About Suicide
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. I'm going to do a series on the subject and will post more frequently this month. Today's post is for parents whose sons or...
Help for Parents in an Online Pornographic World
Welcome back guest blogger Barb Winters for another blog post on an important subject: pornography. Last week's post was a repeat from a year ago. Today's is a brand new one, now...
“Mom, Dad, I’ve Been Watching Porn”
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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...