Ikigai (purpose), Wabi-sabi (embracing imperfection), Kintsugi (repairing with gold), Forest Bathing (Shinrin-yoku), Tea Ceremony (Sadō), Calligraphy (Shodō)

 DMHC

A child’s mental illness creates many opportunities for mistakes and misunderstandings on the part of parents. Children with mental health struggles of any age can generate incessant debates in a household: Is her problem primarily one of avoidance or motivation? Is she anxious or just making excuses? Are we being too involved or not involved enough? Should we respect her desire to stop therapy or insist that she continue? Should we defer to her wishes to not take medication or monitor her to make sure she stays on them? Should we push her to be more social or allow her to spend all of her time in her room? Should we test her for drugs or believe her that she’s not abusing them? Should we follow up on her homework to make sure she’s doing it or let her face the consequences of failing? Should we send her back to rehab, let her do AA, or let her hit bottom again?

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