I have not read this book but have heard great reviews. If you have known a cutter this book may help put some perspective on why people cut. This is the book and product description from Amazon: Willow Seven months ago, on a rainy March night, sixteen-year- old Willow’s parents drank too much wine and [...]
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I am not going to deny it, I am truly going through a difficult time as I question my ability to parent. Personally I don’t like to wallow in the negative, but sometimes life gets down right tough. Your comments on my last post remind me why I write this blog; it is  your undeniable [...]
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Once again it seems girls tend do better than the boys when it comes to adversity. According to a new study females are 4 times more resilient than males in overcoming adverse experiences. This is a study of very high risk teens who have been exposed to two or more of adverse events such as [...]
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D. Mittman is a guest blogger and parent that graciously has offered to share his knowledge, experience and insight as a father with adopted teens. This is the third of a three part post series. Part One: Adoption and the Troubled Teen Part Two: Families With Adopted Teens May Feel A Loss Part Three: Issues [...]
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 D. Mittman is a guest blogger and parent that graciously has offered to share his knowledge, experience and insight as a father with adopted teens. This is the second of a three part post series. Part One: Adoption and the Troubled Teen Part Two: Families With Adopted Teens May Feel A Loss Part Three: Issues [...]
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D. Mittman is a guest blogger and parent that graciously has offered to share his knowledge, experience and insight as a father with adopted teens. This is the first of a three part post. Part One: Adoption and the Troubled Teen Part Two: Families With Adopted Teens May Feel A Loss Part Three: Issues To [...]
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Each morning, these past weeks, as I am driving my son to school, I get the aching reminder about our economy when I hear the bells and the radio announcer reports another day of the stock market plunging. At our house we are feeling the pinch of this economic crisis and I personally question the [...]
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A few weekends ago I had a girls weekend with friends that were roommates from college. I won’t share with you how long ago that was! Whenever a group of women and mothers get together there is always the talk about families and what the kids are doing. Most stories are relatively the same and pretty tame, with a few [...]
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