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The rise of parent abuse has many parents feeling too ashamed to get the help they need. If your teen is violent, don’t minimize the problem. Face it head on. Perhaps the biggest obstacles to overcoming parent abuse are shame and blame. If your teen is violent (hitting, threatening, intimidating, name-calling, shoving, etc.) it’s tough to even think about getting help because acknowledging or naming the problem is painful. To make matters worse, once parents that are suffering abuse find the courage to reach out they often do not find the help they need. Instead they find blame –“this is your fault because you are a bad parent.” It is no wonder that parent abuse – an increasingly common problem – is not often talked about or adequately addressed. If you are suffering abuse at the hands of your son or daughter, please know this: You are not alone – again, although the problem isn’t often talked about, it does exist and it is increasingly common. Blaming is not the answer or even a useful response to the problem. Continue reading

I am a sister. I am a mother. I am a daughter. I am a grandmother. I am a family member. I am a friend. I am a listener. I am a leader. I am an artist. I am a writer. I am a thinker. I am a helper. I am an advocate. I am many things in this life, but a victim is no longer one of those things. Now I get to help others find those things within themselves. I am proud of the decisions I have made in my life. I am proud of the person I have become. I am proud to be part of the solution, however small that part is. A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER ADVOCATE FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE & CANCER AWARENESS NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE... 1-800-799-7233 National Child Abuse Hotline 1-800-4-A-CHILD AVOCATE FOR PTSD Continue reading