Playing games and doing activities with our kids is a fantastic opportunity to connect with them.
Attachment & Bonding
While the journey toward healing may seem daunting, there are actions an adult with attachment disorder can take.
There are few things better than cuddling up with your child and a good book.
Any number of unforeseen circumstances may create a situation in which parent-child attachment is a challenge. In this article, parents can learn principles and strategies for encouraging attachment in a struggling child.
One of these ways of bonding might help you better bond with your newborn.
How we craft moments that draw us closer together
Caring for kids in foster care isn’t for the fainthearted, but it’s an opportunity to make a lasting impact on a child.
Help children who are adopted feel like they belong
The Irons’ children found healing in the knowledge that their family is never going to leave them.
Adoption may create a situation in which parent-child attachment is a challenge. In this article, parents can learn some principles and strategies for encouraging attachment in an adopted child.
There are several reasons that attachment between children and their caregivers may be disrupted. Here, the natural and environmental risks to forming secure attachment, and the consequences, are discussed.
If you feel worn out or overwhelmed as an adoptive parent, it helps to care for yourself, find support … and remember why you adopted.
We now see that the pain of our infertility was an opportunity to hear and know and seek God more deeply, to experience His love for us, and to prepare us to pass that love on to our daughters.
As I struggled with infertility, God began nudging me toward a different goal – not bearing children, but caring for them.
From praying to volunteering to simply talking with others who’ve been there, there’s plenty you can do to prepare for the journey of becoming a foster or adoptive parent.
Encouraging your child’s independence is hard… but worth it.
How a child’s academic performance can feed the fear of rejection
Singer/songwriter Jimmy Wayne is on a mission to raise awareness for the thousands of at-risk kids who age out of the U.S. foster care system each year.
Through joy and heartache, one couple gives a troubled teen the love of family.
When Grandma and Grandpa don’t share your vision for adoption.
