Valentine's Day is soon. It's a hard day for parents who find it difficult to love their wayward children, who feel unloved by them, and would give anything to hear them say, "I...
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Healthy Detachment for Parents of Addicts
What is healthy detachment? There was a time when I had no clue. My husband and I first learned about detachment at a conference for parents fo addicts. I wasn't sure I had the...
10 Promises For Depressed Parents
Tragedies occur every day. Drug overdoses and addiction. Self-harm and suicide attempts. They're both at an all-time high. Mental health diagnoses are rampant, with the majority...
Change in the New Year
My guest blogger today is Val Bush, our teammate at Hope for Hurting Parents. Be sure to read more about her and see her pretty smile at the end of the blog. Change? Are you...
My God Box – Help for Parents Dealing with Difficult Emotions
Tomorrow is Christmas, a hard day for many people, especially parents who are hurting over the destructive choices and behaviors of their teen to adult children. In my last...
A Hurting Parent’s Christmas Wish List
As the mother of a daughter who has wrestled with addictions, self-injury, mental illness, and suicidal tendencies my wants during the holidays are few. If I could be a child...
Can Parents in Pain Celebrate the Holidays?
Can you remember when a special event was ruined because of something bad that happened? Maybe it was your birthday or maybe it was Christmas. For me, it was Thanksgiving Day...
Halloween: 5 Tips to Help Parents of Teens
Halloween. The day was fun when my children were small, but not when they were older. Maybe you enjoyed the day when your kids were young, too, but now ... everything's...
Five Things I Learned from Parenting a Challenging Child
My husband, Dave, and I were struggling with a boundary that needed to be set with our 19 year old daughter. Torn between the possibility of losing her or losing our other kids,...
What Parents Need to Know About Suicide, Part 3
I'll never forget the day I discovered my daughter was suicidal. Paralyzed, in shock, and overwhelmed with fear, I was at a loss to know what to do. I didn't think there was...
What Parents Need to Know About Suicide
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. I'm doing a series on the subject over the next four weeks and will post more frequently. Today's post is for parents whose sons...
Hurricane Harvey and Hurting Parents
Category 4 Hurricane Harvey inundated parts of Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana last week with strong winds and over 20 trillion gallons of water - enough to fill up Lake...