Pete Earley

Well, I think if you're a parent, what you need to do is realize whether it's autism or whether it's serious mental illness, this isn't going to go away. I mean, when it first happens, you think, oh, this is just a bump in the road and this is just, it happened in college and people have it. No, if you have a serious mental illness, it's a lifetime.

You got to educate yourself if you want to help your child. You really have to know in mental health, do we have crisis intervention team police officers? Do we have a jail diversion program? Do we have judges who are interested in getting people into treatment rather than just punishing them and getting them stuck in a revolving door? How do I access those services?

You got to educate yourself if you want to help your child. You really have to know in mental health, do we have crisis intervention team police officers? Do we have a jail diversion program? Do we have judges who are interested in getting people into treatment rather than just punishing them and getting them stuck in a revolving door? How do I access those services?

You got to educate yourself if you want to help your child. You really have to know in mental health, do we have crisis intervention team police officers? Do we have a jail diversion program? Do we have judges who are interested in getting people into treatment rather than just punishing them and getting them stuck in a revolving door? How do I access those services?

You need to educate yourself on all those things, including the illness itself. You know, I talked to Tom Insell, who was the head of the National Institutes of Mental Health. And he said, Pete, being a parent is not helping you. Being a partner is. Don't argue with your son. You can't argue with. I got to tell you this. I can't tell you this story. My son gets out. And I know he's off his meds.

You need to educate yourself on all those things, including the illness itself. You know, I talked to Tom Insell, who was the head of the National Institutes of Mental Health. And he said, Pete, being a parent is not helping you. Being a partner is. Don't argue with your son. You can't argue with. I got to tell you this. I can't tell you this story. My son gets out. And I know he's off his meds.

You need to educate yourself on all those things, including the illness itself. You know, I talked to Tom Insell, who was the head of the National Institutes of Mental Health. And he said, Pete, being a parent is not helping you. Being a partner is. Don't argue with your son. You can't argue with. I got to tell you this. I can't tell you this story. My son gets out. And I know he's off his meds.

So I think, well, I'm pretty smart. You know, I've been to go into these meetings. I've talked to all these experts. So I said to him, look, let's look on a legal pad divided in half. This is when you're doing well. This is when you're not doing well. Oh, look, when you're doing well, you're on your medication because medication helps you.

So I think, well, I'm pretty smart. You know, I've been to go into these meetings. I've talked to all these experts. So I said to him, look, let's look on a legal pad divided in half. This is when you're doing well. This is when you're not doing well. Oh, look, when you're doing well, you're on your medication because medication helps you.

So I think, well, I'm pretty smart. You know, I've been to go into these meetings. I've talked to all these experts. So I said to him, look, let's look on a legal pad divided in half. This is when you're doing well. This is when you're not doing well. Oh, look, when you're doing well, you're on your medication because medication helps you.

Well, I found out you couldn't talk logic to someone who's not thinking logical. So then I said, okay, Kevin, I'll pay you 50 bucks a week. Take your meds in front of me. And he looked at me and said, dad, I'm not a prostitute. So that didn't go well. So then I decided that I'd actually grind up his medication and hide it in his breakfast cereal. Well, what happened?

Well, I found out you couldn't talk logic to someone who's not thinking logical. So then I said, okay, Kevin, I'll pay you 50 bucks a week. Take your meds in front of me. And he looked at me and said, dad, I'm not a prostitute. So that didn't go well. So then I decided that I'd actually grind up his medication and hide it in his breakfast cereal. Well, what happened?

Well, I found out you couldn't talk logic to someone who's not thinking logical. So then I said, okay, Kevin, I'll pay you 50 bucks a week. Take your meds in front of me. And he looked at me and said, dad, I'm not a prostitute. So that didn't go well. So then I decided that I'd actually grind up his medication and hide it in his breakfast cereal. Well, what happened?

I discovered that his medication floated, all these pink flakes, and he got mad. Then I said, you know, look, I have the golden rule. I'm the guy with the gold. You want to live here, you have to follow my rules. You take your meds. And, of course, he told me some words you can't use on a podcast or shouldn't and left the house and moved in with my ex-wife. So these are the kind of –

I discovered that his medication floated, all these pink flakes, and he got mad. Then I said, you know, look, I have the golden rule. I'm the guy with the gold. You want to live here, you have to follow my rules. You take your meds. And, of course, he told me some words you can't use on a podcast or shouldn't and left the house and moved in with my ex-wife. So these are the kind of –

I discovered that his medication floated, all these pink flakes, and he got mad. Then I said, you know, look, I have the golden rule. I'm the guy with the gold. You want to live here, you have to follow my rules. You take your meds. And, of course, he told me some words you can't use on a podcast or shouldn't and left the house and moved in with my ex-wife. So these are the kind of –

things that weren't helpful, but they're the natural things you do as a parent. The thing that saved my son was not me. It was a caseworker, but it was also, he woke up and he said, I'm in hospital again. I mean, five hospitalizations and being tasered. Something's definitely wrong. I have to admit it. It took him that long to admit it because who wants to admit, want to admit you're crazy?

things that weren't helpful, but they're the natural things you do as a parent. The thing that saved my son was not me. It was a caseworker, but it was also, he woke up and he said, I'm in hospital again. I mean, five hospitalizations and being tasered. Something's definitely wrong. I have to admit it. It took him that long to admit it because who wants to admit, want to admit you're crazy?

things that weren't helpful, but they're the natural things you do as a parent. The thing that saved my son was not me. It was a caseworker, but it was also, he woke up and he said, I'm in hospital again. I mean, five hospitalizations and being tasered. Something's definitely wrong. I have to admit it. It took him that long to admit it because who wants to admit, want to admit you're crazy?

Nobody. So he did that. Then the doctor scared the hell out of him because he showed him a brain scan and said, You're killing parts of your brain every time you have a breakdown. It begins with that person wanting to change.