When you’re grieving the loss of someone who isn’t at the table, traditional holiday family events can be especially hard. Perhaps this is the year to do something different.
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Understanding the reasons for your child’s behavior and responses is important, but the truth is that some adoptive parents may never know the full extent of their child’s underlying problems for a number of reasons.
This may be the holiday season to do what brings you comfort. Choose to be around people you can count on to understand your sorrow, people who offer the support you need to get through the season.
When you discipline your adopted child, you need to consider her chronological age as well as her emotional age.
Appreciate the precious gift of parenthood granted to you by your child’s birth family by embracing them through the love of Jesus Christ.
The respect you show for each birth parent’s intrinsic value and humanity will boost your child’s own self-respect.
It’s essential for families to develop the ability to cope with the stress that adoption can place on parents and kids.
Sharing your loss and honoring your loved one through holiday communication might be the perfect way to bring some joy back into the season.
Family secrets can destroy the love and trust the family has fought so hard to build.
Parents of prodigals often feel helpless and tend to think it’s because they did something wrong. But sometimes teens just rebel against anyone who gets in their way. Here’s what you can do when a child goes astray.
How adoptive parents can sensativley share their child’s adoption story with them.
Keys for offering the healing experience of meeting your adopted child’s needs, if they’ve been abused.
God doesn’t expect parents to get everything right. But He expects us to keep trying!
Fathers must recognize and exercise the “Power of Permission,” a vital discipline not only for the child’s development but also for the parents’ peace of mind!
Requests for visits with the child by birth families are on the rise.
The important thing is that you do something creative and memorable to initiate your son into manhood.
How to discover your place in your stepchild’s life.
Here are some key passages in a boy’s journey to manhood.
Stay-at-home moms create an environment where bonding takes place and children learn to attach to relationships.
Teens with a stepmom or stepdad need help learning how to manage the emotions surrounding a new stepfamily and how to adjust to having a stepparent and stepsiblings.