Comments on: Family Members With Mental Illness: What You Need to Know https://youthministry.com/family-members-with-mental-illness-what-you-need-to-know/ Daily Wisdom for Youth Workers. Fri, 11 Dec 2015 14:02:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Doctor G https://youthministry.com/family-members-with-mental-illness-what-you-need-to-know/#comment-381814 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 14:02:46 +0000 http://youthmindev.wpengine.com/?p=55053#comment-381814 Great post! People in the church very much struggle in coming alongside kids and adults with mental illness because we tend to be afraid of people with conditions we don’t understand.

I’m involved with a ministry that helps churches connect with families of kids impacted by mental illness, trauma or developmental disabilities, and one observation I’d add is that if you were going to be on the lookout for kids from families wrestling with mental illness, I’d look at kids who are inconsistent attenders. When parents struggle with mental illness, their ability to prioritize, arrange transportation and manage schedules is often compromised. Some of your youth may be in a position of having to care for younger siblings when parents experience setbacks.

Contact us at keyministry.org or church4everychild.org if we can help.

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