Hope +Wellness Blog

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What Parents Should Know About Teen Depression: A Compassionate Guide for Supporting Your Teen

It’s a hard place to be, and the first thing to know is that you’re not alone. This is something lots of other parents have to manage, and while it can feel overwhelming, there are things you can do to help. Try to remind yourself that depression is treatable, so your teen won’t have to feel trapped in these feelings forever.

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5 Tips to Connect with Your Child Using Love Languages

While love languages aren’t an exact science–it’s perfectly common for people to feel that multiple love languages resonate with them–they are a useful tool in remembering the intention that has to inform our most significant relationships. In parenting, the idea of love languages can also be helpful in finding meaningful ways to connect with your child.

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9 Blogs to Help You Navigate Difficult Parenting Moments

We’ve gathered all of the parenting resources from our blog to date, and put them together here for you, as a mini parenting resource toolkit.

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Parenting with Chronic Pain

Parenting can already feel like driving somewhere new without a map–when you add in managing chronic pain on top of that, it can be hard to find resources that speak to your experience. There are a lot of limitations that come with experiencing chronic pain that just aren’t factored in with typical parenting advice. This can make parenting–where your whole world is about your child, and you already feel a little removed from your “adult” social circles–feel even more isolating.

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What parents of anxious children should know about anxiety

Feeling anxious is a completely normal part of life. When big events or school projects or new social experiences are coming up, it’s natural for your child to feel some degree of anxiety. However, just as in adult, anxiety in children can also become overwhelming. When this anxiety tips over from being a manageable emotion to being a major obstacle in their everyday life, that’s when your child may be struggling to manage an anxiety disorder.

Hope+Wellness is a mental health practice specializing in the treatment of depression, mood, stress, and anxiety in kids, teens, and adults. This is a blog about living well and finding meaning and purpose in the face of difficult challenges. This is a blog about finding hope.