Hard Decisions
Sometimes the things we need to do in order to make sure our kids are ok, are hard things. Take a family we are close to for example. Their son had a breakdown when he was 16. He was suicidal, and ended up in a Psychiatric ward for a couple of weeks. They found some medicine that seemed to help him, and had many people praying for him.
When they got to the counseling part of his therapy, he told them how he felt trapped at home. He couldn’t function properly because of strife, feeling like his parents were not in control, and there was no order to his life.
His parents did a very hard thing. They had him move. He moved to another town and lived with relatives who were strict with rules, encouraging to him, and took him to church. He ended up developing a personal relationship with Jesus, making friends, and becoming a high honors student.
The parents in this family are very supportive of their son, and they make sure they go see him in school events, and keep in regular contact with him.
They also got him off the meds rather quickly, and found some natural things that help.
He is doing very well, and is now planning his future.
Decisions such as the one this family made are hard to make.
Parents tend to think people will think they failed their own family if they send their kids away. But in cases such as this, that is the best they could have done.
By taking steps that benefit the child, they really benefit the whole family.
In my opinion, that is success- helping children grow up healthy and responsible.
It may not be easy, but if we get pride out of the way, it is more probable.
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