Darrell Hammond from SNL has written a memoir “God, If You’re Not Up There, I’m F*cked: Tales of Stand-Up, Saturday Night Live, and Other Mind-Altering Mayhem”. He explains the brutality of his mother and how it has haunted him all of his life. He goes into vivid detail how cutting is a coping mechanism when [...]
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I am not sure how excited he was about leaving this morning but he did it. I felt some sadness within him but maybe goodbye is difficult under any circumstance. I took pictures like any proud parent as their offspring starts a new adventure. He left early, I offered to give him a ride into [...]
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It started in mid-February, school was no longer exciting and to my knowledge he was not studying but continued to attend classes. His personal hygiene and grooming was getting questionable, I noticed he was not combing his hair. His attitude toward society was always rebellious but now downright negative and does not care about the consequences for breaking the law.
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I have received many comments from readers asking me how it all turned out with my son. January 2011 would have been the first month in over three years that I had not written a blog post. This saved me and it is my attempt to bring you up to date on where we are [...]
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This is an update on the status of my son’s homelessness and the changes he has made in the past months. Thankfully it is a good report.
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Last week we (my husband and I) met with our parent support group for teens that have been in Residential Treatment, more specifically Heritage School in Provo, Utah. This is an informal group of parents that live in our community; five families (including us) that have had teens in an RTC at the same time; [...]
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This is my message to the parents that do not understand the definition of a troubled teen or struggling teen. The teens in residential treatment or that have gone to wilderness are not bad kids, these are the kids that have been given a chance. Not everyone’s life follows the perfect path.
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The entire time your teen is at residential treatment, as a parent, I would think about when he would come home and how would we know he is ready. It is inevitable that one day they will return home. There are only a few options, they will do well in the program and graduate, you [...]
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