Growing Up Too Fast: When Your Parent has Serious Mental Illness (Ep. 42)

Send a Text to the Moms - please include your contact info if you want a response. thanks!Guests: Karen Comba, author of The Snipers We Couldn't See: A Memoir of Growing Up with My Mother's SchizophreniaAnd Christina Lord, mental health advocate (Canada) daughter of a dad with SZ, First, your stories.How has the experience impacted you (Karen writes about life “with footprints on her back”)How did writing or sharing about it help? Or did it?How did your experience- and the unpacking of it - inform the work you now do?What do you most want other children of parents with SZ to know?What do you want others to know - teachers, practitioners, other adults in a child-of’s life?How to find happier places for your mind?Links:https://christinalord.ca/https://www.karencomba.com/Books we mention: (besides our own, Ben Behind His Voices, He Came In With It, and Fix what You Can)She's Not Herself, by Linda Appleman Shapiro (formerly published as Four Rooms Upstairs)I'm Not Alone: A Teen's Guide to Living with a Parent Who Has a Mental Illness, by Michelle D. ShermanWant us to cover a topic? comment to share?Facebook page @Schizophrenia3Moms@SZ3MomsTrenches -  twitterRandye Kaye -Broadcaster, Actress, Voice Talent, Speaker, and Author (“Ben Behind his Voices”, “Happier Made Simple”)Miriam Feldman – Artist, Mom, Author “He Came in With It”Mindy Greiling – member of the Minnesota House of Representatives for twenty years. Activist, Legislator, Author (“Fix What You Can“)Support the showPlease share and support the podcast so we can reach more people who need the info and support.Want to know more?Join our facebook page  Our websites:Randye KayeMindy Greiling Miriam (Mimi) Feldman