Anna Quindlen recently wrote a Newsweek article about the importance support and informational programs for parents. She discusses a study that looked at helping parents of high-risk children learn basic child-rearing skills. The program she mentions, ParentCorps, looks like a fantastic program with great results. She also discusses the sad fact that although we live in an age where information is thrown at us nearly constantly, we're often not truly connecting with others for support - especially about parenting. Quindlen says, "It used to take a village to raise a child, but there isn't a village anymore. Instead of extended family, there's a playground where everyone pretends everything's fine, and a computer screen behind which women can say, under the cover of mommy blogs, 'How come this is so hard for me?' " MAKE NO MISTAKE, the many amazing blogs bravely written by mothers are very important and valuable. The internet and books can also be great tools. But mothers need more. Especially mothers who are coping with a mood disorder. The value of talking, in person, to other mothers about the challenges, frustrations, fears along with the joys of parenthood is enormous. It's real. Tangible. And it truly shows us, we are not alone.
It’s okay to reach out for help.
That’s why we’re here.
www.poemonline.org
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