How To Find a Therapist
A mom of two young kids is looking for help with her anxiety but needs help on how to find a therapist. She’s overwhelmed on where to start. We have advice.
A mom of two young kids is looking for help with her anxiety but needs help on how to find a therapist. She’s overwhelmed on where to start. We have advice.
A mom recovering from panic disorder is finding herself lethargic and is looking for advice on mitigating the side effect of medication.
Have child or teen suffering from anxiety? A children’s librarian shares with us the books she recommends to parents and that may help.
Even though having a child diagnosed with ADHD made me suspect I probably had it, too, I was still surprised to discover just how much I’ve been struggling.
A mom to a kindergartner is asking whether she needs to start talking to her kids about current events now that her child has started school?
While a child’s 18th birthday is a big deal no matter what, it’s especially meaningful to our family that our once-struggling kid is now, finally, thriving.
A mom will be separated from her toddler while on a business trip for the first time. She can’t seem to put out her concerns and fears, about being away from her child, out of her head. What can she do about this parental separation anxiety?
In a two-career, two-teenager household, is it possible to step back from an atmosphere of constant “busy?” Maybe not, but I’m trying.
Today’s query asks if being far away means a concerned aunt can’t help her nephew, and my answer is that she can help more than she thinks.
A mom is starting to climb out of postpartum depression and is having a hard time getting her husband’s support for alone time for self-care.
A well potty-trained young child has an overactive bladder during the day which the doctor says is anxiety related. However, the problem is getting worse and the parents more concerned.
How does a parent navigate the health system to get a mentally ill teen the help they need? It’s hard, but not impossible. Get the support you need and keep going.
A SAHM is on the brink of cracking and needs some immediate advice on how to get some relief and help with her very young and attention-seeking children.
Suicide isn’t something that only touches rich celebrities or people we don’t care about. Suicide touches the lives of regular people. Suicide touches the lives of people who are left trying to wrap their brains around why they couldn’t save their loved ones.
An expecting mom is having trouble being motivated to do anything and feels like a failure. Amalah gives her the advice and pep talk she needs to hear right now.
My mother is an addict. I gave her a chance to be part of my daughter’s life but she keeps breaking the rules and I can’t trust her. Now what?
As teens leave behind ever-widening digital footprints, do their interactions deserve privacy? I don’t think so, and my kids know where I stand.
Depression, like any other medical condition, can impact your ability to parent the way you want to. You and your kids can get through it, I promise.
I’m pregnant, but I’m scared and unhappy all the time. I feel like the parts of me that aren’t sustaining a child are dying. And I don’t know how to fix it.
No one wants their kid to be unkind to others, but when it comes to issues of mental illness, are you teaching your kid kindness or fear?