Have you ever felt like your fears and anxieties about your child were getting the best of you? Did you wonder how in the world you were going to cope with the myriad of things...
How Can Parents Deal with Difficult Emotions?
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When a Parent Needs to Love their Child at a Distance
Have you been caught in the middle of a storm with your son or daughter that feels like it will never be over? The phone calls in the middle of the night; collect calls from jail...
When Parents Need Help Recovering from a Suicide
September was Suicide Prevention Month. I know it's October now, but I still wanted to share some great resources to help parents (or anyone) who is recovering from a suicide (or...
When Parents Dreams Turn into Disappointments
Today's blog is an excerpt from the book I'm writing about my difficult journey as a parent. “No one is exempt from tragedy or disappointment—God himself was not exempt. Jesus...
A New Kind of Hope for Parents with Broken Hearts
Have you ever felt hopeless about your child? They were arrested - again. Now they're facing a longer jail or prison sentence. Have you reached the point where you couldn't...
Where is Help if Your Child Struggles Like Robin Williams Did?
Since Robin Williams' tragic death, there has been volumes written and discussed about addiction, recovery, depression and suicide in the media. Depression. Substance Abuse....
What Can Make the Difference for Parents with Troubled Children?
Have you found yourself in the position of not liking like the person your child has become? When they're rude, hurtful, disrespectful and downright hateful it's hard not to....
Frustrated Parents: Who’s listening when you’re talking?
As parents, we naturally do a lot of talking, especially to our kids. However, as they get older, become teenagers, and grow into adulthood, for many of us, it seems like we...
God’s Care for Your Struggling Child
Is your child struggling to survive? Has their well-being been compromised by an addiction to drugs or alcohol, time spent in jail or prison, a mental health issue, same-sex...
Something Weary Parents Lack
Today's blog is a re-post from February 2013. Are you a weary parent? Are you drained? Depleted? Worn out from dealing with your child's rebelliousness, alcohol and drug...
Malaysian Airliner Crash and Hurting Parents
My heart ached when I heard the news about the tragic crash of the Malaysian Airliner. As I thought about it and prayed for the families it occurred to me that there are many...
Hurting Parents: Tomorrow Might Have a Surprise for You
Has it been a really long time since you've seen your child? Do your eyes long to see them, your arms ache to hold them? Are they deep into addiction; in a mental hospital;...