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- Episode Fifty-Five - How Quickly Things ChangeIn this week's interview, Angela catches up again with Julie, a frequent contributor here at Different from the Other Kids. Julie continues from where we left off and describes how Julie and her daughter Sophie's lives have changed since then.17 min
- Episode Fifty-Four - Music TherapyThis week on Different from the Other Kids: Law & Disorder Edition, Deb Flowers shares the rest of her story. She discusses the strategies for more effectively working with the doctors during her son's second long-term stay at the hospital and how music helped him to find solid footing in his life.21 min
- Episode Fifty-Four - Deb Flowers (Part Two)This week on Different from the Other Kids: Law & Disorder Edition, Deb Flowers shares the rest of her story. She discusses the strategies for more effectively working with the doctors during her son's second long-term stay at the hospital and how music helped him to find solid footing in his life.21 min
- Episode Fifty-Three - Been Through HellThis week on Different from the Other Kids: Law & Disorder Edition, Angela sits down with Deb Flowers to hear the story of her 18-year-old son. In this first episode of two interviews, Deb details the realization that her son struggled with mental health issues and his first long-term stay at the hospital.27 min
- Episode Fifty-Three - Deb FlowersThis week on Different from the Other Kids: Law & Disorder Edition, Angela sits down with Deb Flowers to hear the story of her 18-year-old son. In this first episode of two interviews, Deb details the realization that her son struggled with mental health issues and his first long-term stay at the hospital.27 min
- Episode Fifty-Two - Calm Before The StormThis week on Different from the Other Kids: Law & Disorder Edition, Angela speaks with Julie, about the day to day life when raising with a teenager with mental illness. She describes the types of treatments that have helped her daughter and the variety of individual and family therapies that help her and her family keep their lives balanced too.31 min
- Episode Fifty-Two - JulieThis week on Different from the Other Kids: Law & Disorder Edition, Angela speaks with Julie, about the day to day life when raising with a teenager with mental illness. She describes the types of treatments that have helped her daughter and the variety of individual and family therapies that help her and her family keep their lives balanced too.31 min
- Episode Fifty-One - TruancyOn this week's episode of Different from the Other Kids, Angela welcomes back Shelly S. Angela and Shelly discuss the rest of the journey with Shelly's son, including the moment Shelly knew that her son was "back on track." Shelly also discusses some possible avenues for assistance, in case your child becomes involved with the youth justice system.24 min
- Episode Fifty-One - Shelly S. (Part Two)On this week's episode of Different from the Other Kids, Angela welcomes back Shelly S. Angela and Shelly discuss the rest of the journey with Shelly's son, including the moment Shelly knew that her son was "back on track." Shelly also discusses some possible avenues for assistance, in case your child becomes involved with the youth justice system.24 min
- Episode Fifty - Young LoveThis week on Different from the Other Kids, Angela and Shelly S. sit down and have a conversation about Shelly's son. After a tough break-up, and refusing to go to school, Shelly's son was eventually diagnosed with anxiety and depression. Shelly discusses how lucky her son was at receiving supports from the school board.24 min
About Different from the Other Kids
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I want to talk about what no one else wants to talk about... Children with mental illness.Raising a child who is ‘different’ from the other kids takes a great mental and emotional toll on the parents.…
They are worn out and pushed to the brink, totally exhausted. Many are tapped out financially and in some cases, they have had to quit their jobs or take lesser ones to be there for the next episode when their child can’t cope. There is little or no support from a system caught up in process and willfully lacking in parental resources.As a parent of a challenging child, you can also brace yourself for the stigma of a lifetime. We look like the accomplice to this very badly behaved, poorly mannered and emotionally unstable child. If you don’t have a diagnosis it’s worse. If you don’t have money it’s worse still. So much of what we require to help our children isn’t covered by extended health insurance.The general parent community is unsupportive at best; hostile and judgmental at its worst. This compounds the pain and stress we live through every day. We go through things very few parents can relate to.This podcast is a collection of my interviews with kids affected by challenges, parents of those kids, and even medical professionals from the mental health community. In many cases, the name of the child has been changed or last names of the contributors omitted to maintain privacy for themselves and their children.