This is a note I sent to another family that was struggling with not seeing their child during the holidays: I know the heartbreak you are currently feeling. Having your child in RT is one heartbreak after the other, but you have to believe there is light. When my son was at his first therapeutic boarding [...]
I was going through some of my RSS feeds and came across this great posting on Struggling Teens by Glenda Gabriel. A parent with a graduate of residential treatment. She has written a great article “Expand Your Holidays” about what it is like to have a child in an RTC during this time. She is [...]
Today we hauled the Christmas decorations out of the garage, time to put up the Tree and snow scene. With a child in residential treatment, Christmas is not the same, not to mention your family is split up. First, what do you get a kid that is in residential treatment? There are so many rules [...]