Parent Survival Skills Training (PSST)

Over the years we have collected/shared hard-won information, skills, and techniques a parent needs to help a teenager with a drug problem save his own life. (CLICK ON THE LOGO ABOVE to return to the home-page for this blog.)

A New Year's Promise - submitted by Daisy

Thanks, Daisy, for sharing this! MY PROMISE TO MY CHILDREN: As long as I live, I will always be your parent first and your friend se...

Scoring the home pass

(Originally posted November 7, 2011) Just a note about scoring home passes. This is where you set the bar. If you rate the home pass ...

Stop to Enjoy Today! - submitted by Daisy

A thought for the day from Daisy, especially appropriate during this holiday season . . . Many of us worry about tomorrow so much that we ...

Thank You from Justin

First and foremost I want to thank all of those in attendance at PSST on Saturday, December 15th for the Big Announcement. It was so nice...

If you loved me you would (fill in the blank).

About this image It's tempting to challenge a loved one, a child or a spouse to prove that they love you. "If you loved me yo...

The Conversational Best Practices of Roxie and Lenny - written by Roxie

The Conversational Best Practices of Roxie and Lenny - written by Roxie Lenny, my 17-year-old twin son, has been dibbling and dabblin...

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (OR NOT)

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS ( OR NOT ) by Sally and Rocco Having a young family member in placement during the holiday season is agonizing. ...

A Rocky Road with Bam - written by Wilma

A Rocky Road with Bam by Wilma Well, it's been almost eight weeks since Bam Bam was transferred to an adolescent ½-way house, and he ...

Reverse Honesty

(Click to go to original) I interviewed a young person in treatment yesterday. This person, lets call her Doris, had failed in a halfw...

Protection - an overlooked parental duty

Where did we find this graphic? At PSST we have discussed how important it is that parents work together, present a unified front, discu...

Letting Go - written by June Cleaver on 10/27/12

Today is an anniversary ....... and my birthday. Today is one year that the "Beav" moved out. And to have an all out pity par...

If I Could Live It Over

IF I COULD LIVE IT OVER Losing our son, Cisco on September 1st devastated us. Even with the tremendous outpouring of love and concern fr...

Letter to My Son - by Brigitte

Letter to My Son Below is the letter than Lloyd asked me to post. I wrote it to my son because I felt he needed clarification o...

Congratulations to Kathie's Award Winning Team!!

Congratulations to Kathie & her team of dedicated professionals!! Their program, Wesley Spectrum’s Drug & Alcohol Initiative, h...

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