The reason I have created this website, is not to step on your toes or try to be "you". I am a mom with 3 children of my own who are 13, 16, and 26. I'm a single mom who is doing the very best I can to raise my children. I have dealt with depression and anxiety in one of my kids and have so far been successful in treating it.

If you go back to my homepage and read "About Me" you will understand more about what I've been through. You will also see there that it is legal to give advice or to just listen to those who need someone other than a parent, relative, friend, etc., to talk to without a degree behind my name. My hope is that they do come to you and that is what I encourage. I hope you would also read my legal disclaimer. I encourage you to browse through the links to better understand depression and suicide in our youth today.

We as parents need to keep our kids safe. Teens do get depression and it can start as early as elementary school. "We" must look for the symptoms of depression before one of our children is another statistic. With all the teasing/bullying, cliques, guns and knives, we have to stand up for our children because no one else will.

Depression is a clinical reality. People experiencing depression, whether adult or teenager or child, cannot "just snap out of it" or make themselves well. They need help and treatment.