Childhood Illnesses: Teen

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Full of Excuses 15 Year Old

H.W. asks from Des Moines

I have a 15 yo step daugher who live with me and her dad primarily; she sees her mom twice per week and every ohter weekend. Gets along fine with her mom, not a big ...

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Explaining Illness and Death to Children

M.M. asks from New York

Please help me. My 10 year old daughter is having a difficult time accepting her grandmother's fatal illness. It will be a matter of time before she dies. My daught...

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Mental Illness and Divorce

Y.M. asks from Iowa City

I don't often ask about any serious issues on here but here goes: To make a very long story fairly short, my brother-in-law is bipolar. He is in counselling and t...

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Do You Have a Parent with Mental Illness?

O.L. asks from Los Angeles

I do. I visit with her 3x per year. It's tough. Really tough. I'm reminded when I see her just how bad the issues are. For those of you who have parents with menta...

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Terminal Illness

T.S. asks from Los Angeles

Hi Moms, My father-in-law is terminal with cancer. My adult children and my 15 year old know the details and circumstances of his illness and realize that he is d...

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Help with My Niece Who Has HSP Illness from Giardasil Vaccine

C.M. asks from Houston

Hi moms, my niece was diagnosed with HSP.( my understanding is it is an illness mostly seen in kids that is triggered by a virus, bacteria, or drug) The immunologist ...

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Advice needed-Parenting Tween Girls with a Family History of Mental Illness

K.P. asks from Tampa

I have a daughter who just turned 12 & seems to be in the throws of puberty in the "hormonal" department. She is my first and only child who is very smart, caring, cr...

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Can't Seem to Get Rid of Illness

S.S. asks from Redding

HELP...My daughter and I have been sick for the past 3 months( on & off) everytime we turn around we have strep. Mine has been "good old fashioned strep throat" bu...

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A Cougar and My 15 Year Old

T.N. asks from Pueblo

Okay, so she may not be old enough to be a cougar, but she's 19 and he just turned 15. Some how he fell head-over-heals for this girl and the feelings seem to be mutu...

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What Mental Illness Does My 18 Year Old Have?

C.S. asks from Hartford

My teenage daughter is being treated for anxiety/depression but I think she must have a mental disorder. She is on her third different kind of medication. She was i...