Weary parents who are worn out from dealing with their troubled children lack something. Moms and dads whose kids suffer with mental illness but refuse help, who have a problem...
Something Weary Parents Lack
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When Homosexuality Hits Home: One Mom’s Story Part 2
Many parents today find themselves with a child who is confused about their sexual identity. Homosexuality has hit home. Unprepared and unsure of how to respond these parents...
When Homosexuality Hits Home: One Mom’s Story Part 1
Many parents today find themselves with a child who is confused about their sexual identity. Homosexuality has hit home. Unprepared and unsure of how to respond these parents...
8 Ways to Develop Resilience During Uncertain Times
Life is full of uncertain times. We’re in the middle of unprecedented days full of future unknowns. Parents of wayward, troubled teens or adults have an added strain. Their...
Parenting Storms: 4 Key Truths to Help Us Cope
I’m the mom of three adult children. When they grew up I had my share of normal challenges with them. We all do, although some of mine were much harder than I had expected: my...
How to Navigate Through a Parenting Nightmare
This is the testimony of a mom who has been part of a Hope for Hurting Parents support group for the last 5 years. She wanted to share her story to give you hope for yours. "I’m...
Learning to Love Well from the Mother of a Prodigal, Part 2
Today Pam Jones Lanhart, mom of a son who struggled with drug abuse and director of Thrive! Family Support, has more valuable insights for us in Part 2 of her interview. What did...
Learning to Love Well from the Mother of a Prodigal Son, Part 1
This is part 1 of a 2-part interview with Pam Jones Lanhart, the mom of an adult son who struggled with drug abuse. She's the director of Thrive! Family Support and author of...
Dear Hurting Parent, I Wish You Enough
I did not write this story. Someone sent it to me many years ago, but I don't know the source. Because of the impact on me, I saved it. Now I'm compelled to share the story once...
Can Parents in Pain Still be Grateful?
When a child suffers, their parents do too. When their suffering takes the form of substance abuse, mental illness, self-harm, suicide attempts, incarceration, or some other...
A Parent’s Prayer on Hard Days
If you've been on a long, uphill journey with your child and today is a hard day, you've probably run out of ideas of how to pray. I did. Often my best prayer was the simplest,...
How Can Parents in Pain Correct Stinking Thinking?
Are you a parent who suffers from stinking thinking? Do you beat yourself up believing you must have done a terrible job because of how your child turned out? They abuse...