The adoption journey is resplendent with unforeseen detours, mountaintop experiences, formidable challenges — and magnificent views of God’s grace all along the way. Without preparation, this journey can be more than challenging. With awareness and planning, the journey can be one that promotes growth, blessings and healing for all involved. Here are a few things …
Family Relationships
Training up a child in the way he/she should go doesn’t mean ignoring their natural gifts. Take time to understand and perceive your child’s ways, so that you may guide them to be who they are meant to be.
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.
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.
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.
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.
We need to take care of ourselves so that we can take care of our family.
The important thing is that you do something creative and memorable to initiate your son into manhood.
How to help your child deal with loss
Here are some key passages in a boy’s journey to manhood.
Many sons today have a sense of themselves, a premonition that they were created for something significant, if only someone would notice them!
How to discover your place in your stepchild’s life.
Stay-at-home moms create an environment where bonding takes place and children learn to attach to relationships.
Your role changes as your child grows. What’s yours right now?
Children need Mom to be available for them.
The most important work you do takes place within the walls of your home.
The power of ceremony to reaffirm a son’s shaky identity, in some cases redirect his life, and empower his future was wholly unexpected.
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.
