Mothering is:

Mothering is:

Nurturing
Loving
Soothing
Sustaining
Protecting
Cheering
Guiding

Are young people these days less prepared for adult life than previous generations? Are they as helpless as the examples we read about day to day? Have parents spent too much time helicoptering, and not enough time releasing our kids into stages of independence?

Long before a child or teen enters care with a mental health professional (and for many who never do) a situation starts brewing at home or school. Moods change. Behaviors escalate. Signs of trouble surface. 

Cyberbullying follows kids home. They are seated at the family dinner table when they glance down at that unflattering pic attached to a cruel comment.