A new longitudinal study has confirmed what many parents of teenagers quietly fear: everyone else seems to be navigating adolescence with ease—except you. The study, conducted by the Adolescent Adjustment and Chill Household Institute, found that most parents experience thoughtful conversations, mutual respect, and emotionally...
There are few moments as a parent that feel as intense as this one: Your child says something like… “I don’t want to be here anymore.” “Sometimes I wish I could just disappear.” And suddenly—something inside of you shifts. Your heart starts racing. Your thoughts...
Written from the Perspective of a Troubled Teen Dear Mom and Dad, Sometimes I start to say something… and then I stop. Not because I don’t want to talk. I do - I want to talk. I need to talk to someone about it all....
A letter written from the perspective of a teen. Dear Mom and Dad, Sometimes there’s a part of me that feels so overwhelmed… so heavy… that it starts to think it might be easier not to be here at all. I don’t always understand it....