Points Made the Difference!

Our family has experienced a great deal of unrest this Halloween season, but it all has turned around with a point system.   We never really instituted a earning system for our son.   His goals came in the picture when we had money and focus, but we never were very planful.  The doctor said what's happening is genetic and we were giving him the caring environment he needed.   I think caring is important, but tapping to into a child's goals and dreams with parental expectations can really change an emotional overload for a child.  So he has a chore list of expectations and a reward for meeting most of them on a daily basis.  It's been like a light switch miracle to some real challenges.  So simple and so easy.  I remember what a hard time I had when people weren't cueing into my goals and dreams, so I feel stronger as a caring parent with this system.

A New Seasons of Love Song

2,181,423 People

2,181, 423 People

2,181,423 People

Attempt or Die by Suicide in A Year

In children, in teens,

in adults, in older adults,

in women, in men,

in veterans, in the US,

2,181,423 People

How do you measure a year in living?

How about love?

How about attention?

How about prevention?

Measure in love

Seasons of love

Seasons of love

 2,181,423 People

2,181, 423 People

2,181,423 People

How do you measure the life,

Of a child, woman, or man?

In the truth she learns

Or in the time times that he cried

In the bridges he burned

Or the way she lives

Its now time to sing out

The story will change

Let’s make it zero

Remember a year in life of friends.

Remember the love

Remember the love

Remember the love

Measure in love

Measure in love

Measure in love

A Halloween Surprise!

So I have spent weeks worrying about my son's psychological health, because he came home telling me that there are ghosts in the bathroom at school.  So, I explained this to the pediatrician and she gave me an assessment.  She referred me to a psychologist.  Luckily, my son and I see the same psychologist  We went to see him.  I told him the story and he offered an assessment.  I decided not to do an assessment, because I was going to purchase a really fancy assessment from Emory that would tell me about multiple possibilities.  I worry about the possibilities, because I live with a diagnosis.  So, the hour passed and he called me in.  Turned out the light in the bathroom at school was flickering and the boys collectively decided there were ghosts in there.  They discussed fiction and fact.  So, I realized after all that that the story is so much more important than the diagnosis.  I was freaking out for weeks about this for no reason, but what a great halloween surprise to find he is healthy!  I'm glad there are psychologists out there with a sense of practicality.

Happy Halloween!