Visit Their World
Our fifteen year old daughter stumbled home exhausted. It had been a week of dance company try outs, English class projects, and endless texts and
Notes from Home Blog
Listen…Then Listen Some More
I recently read a story in the book The Art of Friendship by Roger Horchow. It went like this: My friend Dick Bass (now into
Emotional Discipline
Twenty years ago, my wife and I were vacationing in San Diego with my in-laws. We went to see a dear family friend, who happened
Come On…Let’s Play!
I remember talking to a mother one day who apologized for the disastrous state of her living room as the floor was covered with Legos.
There Is a Gap
There is always a gap when a student in treatment looks at going home or on to living independently. They are tired of the rules and
Scripts
A script? Really? Is that necessary in parenting? You bet it is. Unless you are one of those rare people who can think and speak
From Greenhouse to Garden
As you\’ve learned, treatment programs are designed to be highly structured environments in which a lot of nurturing takes place. Everything in that particular \”world,\”
Tomorrow
Remember the line from Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind. “I can’t think about that right now. If I do I’ll go crazy. I’ll think about
Twitterpation Will Happen
Parents want their children to be successful and happy. It’s universal. While many of us are intimately involved in directing our children’s academic or extracurricular