Giving Voice to Our Other Children
She was four years old. Each night she woke with a tummy ache and most often went to her parents’ bed hoping for some relief. Lying next to her mother gave her comfort, but the pain didn’t stop. A...
View ArticleI Remember Summer
I remember summer. My sister, Laura, and I would wake up to the sun shining on the wood floor of the bedroom. We spent the mornings playing in our backyard or riding bikes up and down the block with...
View ArticleTeaching Your Values By Living Them First
Part of the role of good Christian parents is undoubtedly teaching their children the values they cherish. We want our children to understand the importance of these values and, more importantly, to...
View ArticleResponding to Aggressive and Violent Behavior
Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis provides wisdom and insight for adoptive and foster parents that need help responding to aggressive and violent behaviors from a child.
View ArticleHow Do I Handle Manipulation and Control?
Parents often find that their child from a hard place is prone to use manipulative and controlling behaviors. Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis and Michael Monroe offer insights to help adoptive and foster...
View ArticleWhy Won’t My Child Act His Age?
In response to meltdowns, emotional outbursts, extreme neediness, and many other behavioral challenges, adoptive and foster parents are often left asking: “why won’t my child act his or her age?” Watch...
View ArticleWill Trust-Based Parenting Prepare My Child for the Real World?
Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis and Michael Monroe talk about the importance of meeting your child’s needs with an appropriate balance of nurture and structure in order to prepare them for success later in...
View ArticleKeys to an Effective Time-In With Your Child
Time-in (as opposed to time-out) is an important strategy to help parents learn to “connect while correcting” with their children. (For helpful background on the time-in strategy, watch Using Time-In...
View ArticleShould I Parent My Adopted Child Differently Than Birth Children?
Parents often struggle to blend the parenting approach they used before they adopted with the trust-based parenting approach they are now using to meet the unique needs of a child from a hard place....
View ArticleHow Do I Find the Right Professional To Help Us?
Adoptive and foster parents often need to look to professionals to help them and their child. But how do parents know which professionals to turn to? Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis and Michael Monroe offer...
View ArticleWhen Good Things Aren’t Good
This summer we made a difficult parenting decision. It was the decision (made together with one of our sons) that he would not play competitive summer baseball. Now before you roll your eyes and...
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