Category: Parenting
Child Mind Institute Summit
I cannot say enough about how much information is packed into just an hour. Please take the time even if you have to break it into 15 min. segments. This is loaded with child/adolescent mental health information for parents, teachers, really anyone that has children in their lives. The Child Mind Institute Summit https://childmind.org/live/ A conversation ...
School Refusal…Now What?
Does your child struggle with school refusal? Many kids and teens with a mental illness struggle with getting themselves to school. Lots of homes are full of yelling and/or cajoling each weekday morning. Parents are afraid for their child’s future if they do not receive an education and sometimes of the legal penalties involved in ...
Why Positive Thinking Can Stop Your Healing from Childhood — Psych Central Blogs
We need to deal with our own childhoods to be the best parents we can be.
Building a Support Team
Building Your Support Team is as important as building your child’s mental health care team. If you are always running on empty, you will not have the patience or stamina to fully support your child. This was something we failed to do, and I believe it would have made a world of difference. For some ...
Has Your Child Been Diagnosed with a Mental Illness?
Has your child been diagnosed with a mental illness? This can be a very uncertain time for many of us. We question whether it is the right diagnoses and should we allow them to be given medication. But the biggest question of all is what did we do wrong? As mentioned in a previous post, ...
Sometimes It is Not a Mental Illness
After reading a blog on Adverse Childhood Experiences (https://weneedtotalkaboutchildrensmentalhealth.wordpress.com/2017/10/30/the-adverse-childhood-experiences-evidence-base-a-wake-up-call-to-radically-redesign-childrens-mental-health-services/), I felt the need to clarify that not all behavioral problems stem from a mental illness. There are situations where life circumstance whether under our control or not can cause symptoms of a mental illness but actually may be a reaction to their environment. For me, ...
Seeking Outside Help for Your Child Can be Scary
Deciding to get outside help for your child’s behaviors can be a surprisingly difficult decision. Not only do we worry about the stigma of seeing a therapist or psychiatrist, we also worry about placing ourselves under a microscope to be evaluated and judged as a parent. I would like to let you know that you ...
You Are Not Alone
Hello, My name is Tricia. I am the proud mom of two amazing young men. My youngest son was always a very energetic and highly reactive child. Life with him was often like a roller coaster ride. He had to work very hard to learn how to manage his emotions and behaviors. By the time ...
YOU JUST DON’T WANT ME TO HAVE ANY FUN!
Have you ever had your teen say, “You just don’t want me to have any fun?” As our children move into their teens, it can start to feel like we are on opposite sides. They seem to see us as the opposition rather than as the person who always has their back even when we ...
The Reason It Is So Important to Tell Your Teen You Love Them in a Random Way Throughout the Day:
The Reason It Is So Important to Tell Your Teen You Love Them in a Random Way Throughout the Day:
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