Holding Up Your End Of The Bargain: Being There For Your Loved One In Recovery

When you’re the partner or family member of a loved one going through recovery, it can be a scary time, indeed. Not only do you worry about whether your loved one will relapse, but you’re often not quite sure what to do to support him or her in the best way possible. One thing is [...]

Risking Rites of Passage: When Teens Control the Transition to Adulthood

Trish is thirteen going on fourteen, and facing a long summer in a new city. Her mother worries that she will try to act more adult than she is in order to break into the social circles there, and impress the other kids. It is difficult to be the new teenager. Choices that Trish might [...]

When Children Are Afraid to Go Home – What You Can Do

Childhood is supposed to be a time of innocence, of learning and growth, the freedom to play with friends, and explore new places and activities without fear. For many children, however, there is no such normal childhood. They are lost in a tangled web of fear. Afraid to go home, they often drift into harm’s [...]