Getting stranded in London for 4 extra days really set me back once we got home. Obviously, we did get back, after one heck of a long flight, that should have been direct. I just looked at my blog and noticed that I left you hanging. When the dust settles a bit I will write [...]
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I read this article today about Google tweaking the search results to offer help for those in emergencies or dire situations. Maybe Google is not the best place to go if someone is choking or has just been poisoned. Here is the article, Google Trying To Help Suicidal Searchers.  What do you think?
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Just returned today from a short break for our first “real” family vacation this summer. Sadly this is the second summer my son will be away from home and in an RTC. He missed being with us again, I always feel bad for my younger son that he did not have a companion, but he seemed to [...]
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I am looking at the timeline since my son has been in residential treatment. Even though we have made great progress I cannot believe it has been a YEAR. I say we, because having a teen in residential treatment impacts the whole family, which feels like the universe. When I say a year in residential treatment I am not talking [...]
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Teen runaways seem to be very common, some think about it and others act on it. Some go to a friends house and spend a few nights wanting to make a point. But for others it is not quite as simple and can have life long ramifications for them and later future generations. Anyone that [...]
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This is the Saturday Morning Stretch! Top Five Teen Stress Escapes According to teens in this video these are the best “Teen Stress Escapes”: Sleep Friends Feed the Face Random Acts of Silliness Play They have done a good job, the problems arise for teens when they have NO “teen stress escapes”. What would you [...]
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It is the end of the week, and I am mentally exhausted. This is consistantly what it feels like to have a teen in an RTC, there truly is never a great week. When they are doing well - you miss them and  anxing over the preparations for a home visit. When they are NOT doing well – [...]
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Great article on how lies may become true and how our brain stores and processes this information. Your Brain Lies to You , reports how “Source amnesia can also lead people to forget whether a statement is true. Even when a lie is presented with a disclaimer, people often later remember it as true.” This [...]
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