With insight and intimacy, Kate L. McLaughlin candidly shares the realities of parenting children with Bipolar Disorder. No other book so eloquently and honestly conveys the physical realities and battered emotions of a family caught in the swirling storm of a child s hallucinations and psychosis. Nothing else accurately depicts the frenzy of mania, or suicide attempts and their bittersweet aftermaths. No other writer so aptly illustrates the personal changes in parents of disabled children, nor connects them to the emotional and spiritual growth borne of their occurrence. This book supports, educates, and informs the reader, offering hope and encouragement to anyone living with chronic illness or raising teens.
About the Author:
Kate L. McLaughlin utilized her public speaking talents and teaching experience to train and motivate fellow public school teachers and instructional aides as a Special Programs Coordinator for the Upland School District in California. She frequently spoke to women s and youth groups on the topics of communication, education, and family issues. McLaughlin is a member of the Depression and Bipolar Alliance, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, and the Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation, and participates in NAMI s Family to Family program.
I had the pleasure of getting this book, preproduction. Here are my thoughts:
"As a mother of two children with mental illness and as a teacher and advocate for better mental health, I know that Kate McLaughlin has not only written a story about my family, but about hundreds of other families as well. What we want you all to know as parents, is that we love our children, our children have a strength equivalent to Hercules and consequently, we want them to have the same things all other parents want for their children: a quality of life that provides MORE than adequate medical care, opportunities for a successful life and choices that allow them to exhibit and explore the special qualities they have. We love them. We want you to accept them."
—Deborah Rose, Director of Educational Development—NAMI Texas
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