That Time I Sent my Kid to Treatment and Expected her to Change our Family System
Years ago, my child had begun to walk—well, let’s be honest here—run down a path that felt destined to lead to terrible things. She was barely a teen and already experimenting with drinking and substances, showing formidable defiance, beginning to fail out of school, and running a very unpleasant show in two households. Like so many who get pulled into the whirlpool of parenting an out-of-control child, my ex-husband and I were terrified and completely out of our depth.
In his latest book, The Audacity to Be You: Learning to Love Your Horrible, Rotten Self,