Alcohol facts, drug facts and facts about depression describe a lot of what overwhelmed or lackluster parenting looks like; anxiety, restlessness, irritability, insomnia, confusion, hyper-vigilance, disorientation and sometimes acute psychotic behavior and that’s if you a sober parent!

Imagine how intense this all is for the child if the parent IS a moderate to heavy drinker! Imagine now that due to the stellar example this behavior has set for the child, the CHILD is now experimenting with alcohol and drugs also!

OK. I’ve been accused of being too heavy for many. So I’ll lightened it up. Hey, how about those Warriors? ….

Break over. Look, I’ve been there. I WAS the depressed parent. I WAS drinking to drown my pain from divorce and only God knows what else. I WAS overtly stupid about a whole range of things. My poor Son, I hope he’s OK. The reports on his well-being are excellent, btw. Looks like I snapped out of it in time, there’s hope for us all.

What I’m saying here is, let’s look at ‘recovery’ before it’s too late for our children. If your child is still below the age of 2, you could do a complete clean-up and they’d never know the difference. If they’re above that, we can moniter and improve alternately until we’re in the clear.

No one said parenthood was going to be all easy. If they did, they lied. Fine jewels (great parents) are pressed from tremendous heat and pressure over time (and a lot of joy). Our lot is to endure varying degrees of pressure until we get the Life thing right …whether we are parents of not. Our beauty is that we can do it the hard way or the easy way. It’s up to us. Sold American!

Tell me, what demons are you protecting at the expense of your children?