May is Mental Health Awareness month. Today's blog is designed to draw attention to mental illness and offer help to bewldered parents. "You'll get over it." "Snap out of it."...
As parents we have a special relationship with our children...or we hoped we would. We have a deep emotional connection with them along with a strong sense of responsibility for...
Intense pain gripped my heart when I felt rejected by my daughter. What do we do when our beloved children don't love us back in the way we long for? Aren't our sons and...
When my husband and I began our difficult journey with one of our children we had no idea who to turn to or where to find the resources we needed. Clueless, we isolated....
Please welcome today’s guest blogger, fellow author, Caris Snider. We met and became friends at a writer’s conference. I asked Caris to write a blog for me because she has...
Dear parent in pain, we at Hope for Hurting Parents know that the holidays can be extra hard for you. I hope today's post will bring you some much-needed encouragement. "What...
What impacts countless lives worldwide every day sending out waves of pain and suffering? Suicide, the ultimate family secret. Suicide devastates families, breaks hearts, and...
I clicked my cell phone shut and dropped to my knees on the bedroom floor. Tears streamed down my cheeks. How could this happen again? Nothing we do works. We've tried everything...
Parents often complain about their teen or adult kids not talking to them. They never call or keep the conversations short, rarely come around, and don’t appear to enjoy spending...
I’m the mom of three adult children. When they grew up I had my share of normal challenges with them. We all do. Some of mine were much harder than I expected. They were far...
Communication is essential when your child struggles with mental illness. You may wonder what you can say that will have an impact. You may feel like you are walking on...
Where can troubled parents turn for help when their teen or adult children go off the rails? When they develop an addiction to alcohol, drugs, pornography, or something else?...