Danny was a sixteen-year-old in the treatment program I ran for adolescent substance abusers. He was living with his single-parent mother, who found
What Can Parents do About Substance Abuse?
"My twenty-five-year-old son is on a bender and has been drunk for three days. He’s sleeping it off in my basement?" A desperate father asked me this
Apology and Forgiveness – The Most Important Holiday Gifts
"Please go away and don’t try to contact us again," the young adult told her parents, who were outside of her apartment, begging her and her husband
Self Forgiveness is the Hardest of All – Forgiveness Part II
So many clients that I work with both as individuals and as parents have indicated that they can often forgive their young adult or spouse but find it
Do you Really Need to Forgive your Young Adult? Forgiveness Part I
Some parents feel anger and resentment toward their young adult child. Do you experience such emotions? If so, there may be a need to address these