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...
A Time to Weep: 4 Practices for Parents of Troubled Kids
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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...
An Untapped Resource for Brokenhearted Parents
Broken. Crushed. Lifeless. Grief-stricken. Depressed. Heartsick. Sorrowful. Sleepless. Incapacitated. Stunned. Immobilized. Numb. Inconsolable. Despairing. Dejected. Distressed....
Father’s Day Prayer for Hurting Dads
Yesterday was Father's Day. Are you among the many dads who didn't enjoy the day? You might not have observed Father's Day in any way for a number of reasons. If the difficulty...
6 Helpful Tips If Father’s Day Will be Hard
Father's Day is this coming Sunday. Are you a brokenhearted dad because of your child’s choices, struggles, and dangerous behaviors? Is your soul shipwrecked with disappointment,...
5 Faulty Expectations Parents Have About God
I was blindsided! My early parenting years didn't prepare me. Books I read on childrearing didn't prepare me either. No one prepared me for what was to come. It's not fair. I...
Parents in Pain Need to Make Time for Respite
With Father's Day coming my dad has been on my mind. He lived until he was 92 and was a precious man. One of a kind. The best father a kid could ever hope to have. He lived a...
A Mother’s Day Prayer for Hurting Moms: The Day After
Yesterday was Mother's Day. The day was wonderful for some moms and terrible for others. Are you one of the "others"? Do you wish you could've skipped this holiday? I adopted a...
When You Don’t Want Mother’s Day to Come: 4 Ways to Prepare
Sunday is Mother's Day. Countless numbers of moms all over the world don't want the day to come. Moms whose children are troubled: incarcerated, struggle with an addiction,...
Encouraging Suggestions for Parents in Pain
Parents in pain struggle with tremendous amounts of discouragement. Watching our children's lives ebb away because of alcohol or drugs, mental illness, repeated incarceration, or...
Easter’s 3 Messages of Hope for Hurting Parents
Today is Easter. Holidays are hard when you're the parent of a child who brings you heartache. How old they are doesn't matter. If they struggle with a potentially life-altering...