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Clear Path Counselling, Calgary
Run by people who have been through caring for an aging parent and parenting a struggling teen themselves.
Evenings and weekends
Parenting a struggling teen support in Canada
For parents worried about a teenager. Talk with people in Canada who know what it is like, find help near you, and join the worldwide circle too. Free, always.
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Help for parenting a struggling teen in Canada
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Open Door Psychotherapy, Red
A small team supporting parenting a struggling teen and empty nest. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.
Tue to Sat, 10 to 6
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St. Community Food Hub, St.
A small team supporting new parenthood and autism and neurodivergent family life. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.
Mon to Fri, 9 to 5
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Calm Corner Weighted Blankets, Edmonton
Run by people who have been through autism and neurodivergent family life and adoption and foster care themselves.
Evenings and weekends
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Hamilton Talking Therapies
A small team supporting caring for an aging parent and new parenthood. Free first conversation, then low-cost sessions.
Mon to Fri, 9 to 5
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Kitchener Peer Support Group
We help people with single parenting and family estrangement, in person in Kitchener and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.
Tue to Sat, 10 to 6
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The Winnipeg Men's Shed
We help people with empty nest and caring for an aging parent, in person in Winnipeg and online. Sessions are relaxed and you set the pace.
Evenings and weekends
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Walk and Talk Charlottetown
Run by people who have been through a loved one's addiction and caring for an aging parent themselves.
Weekdays and Saturday mornings
From people who came through it
“When your teen is struggling, you will feel like you are failing. You are not. The lying and the vaping and the closed door, it is not about you. Keep the small routines. For me it was Sunday hiking. One hour. It doesn't fix anything but it keeps you standing. Ask for help even if you are the one who usually gives it. And when they come out of their room for dinner, just say the food is good. Don't make it a big thing. They will come back when they are ready. In the meantime, you have to keep yourself well.”
Big Sage · been through parenting a struggling teen“If you're just starting with a teen who won't leave their room, I won't pretend I have the answers. For me, the waiting list felt endless and the exclusion letters kept coming. What helped was finding one other parent who got it. I still drive nights and Nathan still games, but we had a chat last week about nothing much. That was something.”
lost_quiet96 · been through parenting a struggling teen“to whoever needs this: i was where you are in august. a friend group i do not trust. last weekend i went to a friend's birthday and stayed till the end. it comes back slowly, like feeling in your fingers after the cold.”
flamekind · been through parenting a struggling teen“This time last year I was exactly where you are. The worst part was a friend group I do not trust. Today I went for a walk and didn't cry once. Things come back, slower than you'd like but they do. From someone who gets it.”
spring_seed95 · been through parenting a struggling teen