Help for Parents
Parenting in today’s world is not easy. So many different things can cause problems with kids and create stress for you. Sometimes you can feel confused, worried overwhelmed, or completely alone.
Some difficulties are shared by all parents. Certain stresses are entirely unique to you and your family. And other problems are common to certain family styles (click on the following family styles for more information.)
Trinity Counseling Services is a safe place for seeking solutions.
Two-Parent Families
The stress can get so bad that it puts a wedge between you. You might withdraw from each other, compete with each other, or argue a lot. Wedges between parents create more suffering for everyone in the family.
Single-Parent Families
When you are a single parent, there is no one to share the load with. It’s exhausting. When problems arise, you may stop doing things to take care of yourself, and then your ability to cope gets worse and worse. You may get to the point of hating the way you treat your kids and yourself.
Joint Custody
In joint custody situations, it is often very difficult to provide stability for the children. The differences between parenting styles can create all sorts of turmoil. Kids often get caught in the middle and their behavior can start showing how stressed-out they are.
Step or Blended Families
In step or blended families, you have to deal with everyone’s reactions to major, and sometimes unexpected, changes in the family. Kids and parents alike can feel helpless, mistreated, and out of control. And it can be really hard to figure out what being a step parent is all about.
There are many other family styles that have their unique problems as well – such as adoptive families, foster families, grandparents raising grandchildren, military families, and more.
Because parents are the leaders of the family, everything gets better when you can assume your role with wisdom, confidence and love.
We know that you want the best for your children. Sometimes all you need is an objective third party who can understand your situation and help you be the loving effective parent that you want to be.