Help for Parents

Worried about your daughter or son?
Parenting getting challenging?

• Are you feeling overwhelmed as a parent?
• Is your child being bullied?
• Is your teen struggling with depression or anxiety?
• Would you like to develop better communication?
• Is your child struggling with grief or trauma?

Resources

• National Youth Crisis Hotline 1-800-442-HOPE (4673
• Help My Teen – 1-800-247-1696 – 24 hour crisis line for PARENTS ONLY. Support “talk line” for families with teen challenges. Information and referrals available along with local support group information. Residential boarding school.
• Parenting Today’s Teen – www.parentingteens.com – Website with information, insight and support for parents of teens
• Stand Up Parenting – 503-228-5087, 1-800-Parent-9 (787-9689)
• Oregon Partnership 503-244-1611 or 1-877-553-TEEN (8336) 24 hour youth help line
• Alcohol & Drug, Mental Health, Teen Helpline, Suicide Helpline 1-800-Suicide (784-2433)

Below are a few of our favorite books on children and parenting:

• Trauma Through a Child’s Eyes: Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of Healing by Peter A. Levine Ph.D. and Maggie Kline
• It Won’t Hurt Forever: Guiding Your Child through Trauma by Peter Levine
• Trauma-Proofing Your Kids: A Parents’ Guide for Instilling Confidence, Joy and Resilience by Peter A. Levine Ph.D. and Maggie Kline
• Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child by John Gottman
• Bringing Baby Home by John and Julie Gottman
• Transforming the Difficult Child: The Nurtured Heart Approach by Howard Glasser and Jennifer Easley
• The Incredible Years: A Guide for Parents of Children Aged 2-8 by Carolyn Webster-Stratton
• The Unwritten Rules of Friendship by Natalie Nadorsky Elman and Eileen Kennedy-Moore
• How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish
• Why Did You Have to Get a Divorce? And When Can I get a Hamster?: A Guide to Parenting Through Divorce by Anthony Wolf
• Get Out of My Life, But First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall? by Anthony Wolf

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