The Irons’ children found healing in the knowledge that their family is never going to leave them.
Attachment & Bonding
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.
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.
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.