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Pediatric mental illness is screaming and crying; raging and breaking things; cursing and swearing; ER trips and suicide attempts… …and it is midnight visits from a 9-year-old who still knows how to fit into the curve I make in the bed just the way he did when he was a toddler. “Mommy, I’m so . . . → Read More: Pediatric Mental Illness? It’s Like This… On our way home from his therapy appointment today, Carter and I stopped at a red light at the bottom of a freeway off-ramp. Since freeway on-and-off-ramps are popular spots for panhandling, neither of us was surprised to see a young man there. His jacket and pants were grime encrusted; his face and hands . . . → Read More: Sad About That If you aren’t steeped in the mental health blogosphere, you probably missed the story of a Waunakee, WI high school dance team’s recent prize-winning performance, “We Get Crazy.” The LaCrosse Tribune says that the routine featured “all 18 dancers bouncing to hip-hop music, their hair wild, heavy black makeup on their snarling faces, and . . . → Read More: More Similar Than Different Can you see my beautiful boy? He’s not invisible, but you might have to squint a little bit to see him clearly. You will be tempted to pity him, but rest assured that he will never make you small by pitying you. He will show you fear in a handful of dust, but he . . . → Read More: Beautiful Boy After you’ve faced the same bullshit judgment dozens of times, it’s hard to get too worked up about it, but sometimes I manage it anyhow. I mean really, I expect people to be uninformed because you can’t know what you don’t know. But health care providers are, you know, supposed to know about health . . . → Read More: Another Day, Another Go-Round With a Judgmental Asshat Hey, before we get started with the very first entry in my new category, Leading With My Chin, do you see that over there in the upper right corner? It’s new! That’s right; now you can find No Points for Style on Facebook. Click to “like” me, will ya’? * . . . → Read More: Do Unto Others Advice? I’ve had my fill of the stuff. We parents of kids with emotional and behavioral differences are like advice repositories, the place where people dump all their fears and their conviction that anything (everything!) can be cured with a simple twist of behavior or diet. In general? I don’t like advice. However, there . . . → Read More: Navigating the Storm  |
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