When I wrote this article in 2014, The Agony of a Child’s Mental Illness, I felt alone and naked on an island.
I was exposing my family’s ugly secret in public. To have a child not thriving is the last thing a parent wants to admit because it feels like a failure.
I was supremely uncomfortable sharing that article because I had no idea what the reaction would be. Turns out it was hugely popular and the follow up article after my son’s suicide went viral because others read their story in mine. And while I have become accustomed to … Read more...