Are you a worn out, discouraged parent of a teen or adult child? Your son or daughter may suffer with one of these: mental illness, self-injury, an eating disorder, pornography,...
3 Truths for Parents with Broken Hearts – Part 1
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Where Can Hurting Parents Find Help?
*This is a re-post of a blog I wrote a year ago. If you're a hurting parent who's been deeply wounded by your son or daughter's choices, behaviors and troubles you know how...
Mental Health Professor’s Tips to Beat Holiday Blues
*Today's blog was written by Junnelle Hogen. It is a re-post of an article she wrote for the Register-Guard on December 13, 2015. Amid the ever-present Christmas revelry and...
A Hurting Parent’s 12 Days of Christmas
Today I thought I'd take a popular Christmas song, The Twelve Days of Christmas, and adapt it's message for you, brokenhearted, weary, disillusioned, disappointed, grieving...
Sexting and Nude Photos – Be Prepared! Your Teen May be Involved
Today's blog was written by a fellow blogger to parents, Stacy Lee Flury. Check her out at Anchor of Promise. "If you haven’t heard by now, a Colorado High School is on lock down...
Former Prodigal Shares His Story to Encourage Hurting Christian Parents
Today’s blog is the story of a former prodigal – a drug addict. I know his parents and when his mom shared with me what had happened to him I asked her if he would write...
When Parents Need Help
This is a great resource when you're a parent who needs help with your teenage son or daughter - serious help. You've tried everything you know to do and nothing's working....
Where I Found Help When My Daughter was Diagnosed with Mental Illness
This is Mental Health Awareness Week. I remember when I had no awareness on this topic. I was clueless. I still remember how it felt when the psychiatrist told my husband and I...
What to do When Your Child Shocks You
My heart ached to hear about the shooting at the college in Oregon this past week. How shocked and grieved the parents must have been to hear of their child's death or injury...
When Change Ruins a Parent’s Dreams
Change. There's good change and then there's bad change. For a parent, bad change means pain and disappointment. More heartache. More bad news. More brokenness. The source may be...
When You’re a Parent Who’s Given Up
I was putting away the dishes after dinner one evening when suddenly a plate slipped out of my hands. It crashed to the floor and shattered into hundreds of little pieces. I was...
What I Didn’t Know I needed: From the Mother of an addict with Dual Diagnosis
Are you a mom or dad who thought you'd lose your mind from fear and worry over your beloved child? You stood by, powerless, while they began to go down the wrong road of drugs,...