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48: Sending & Receiving Kids Between Homes

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 07:00:30 +0000

Stepfamily life often includes kids with two homes. Moving between those homes is not just physical for kids, but emotional, psychological, and relational. Ron Deal’s panel discussion on this episode gives valuable tips on how to create smooth transitions and a secure environment when kids move between homes.
Show Notes and Resources

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Patient Parenting

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 07:00:04 +0000

In the Bible patience means “long-suffering.” Dave and Ann Wilson, along with Bob Lepine, explain why this is so important for parents, and why showing gentle grace in the midst of irritation makes all the difference.
Show Notes and Resources

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Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Fri, 20 Dec 2019 06:00:05 +0000

Adoption hasn't been an easy journey for the Douglass family. Judy Douglass shares the realities of raising a rebellious child, and how she continues to be amazed at God's continued work in Josh's life.

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Will You Take This Boy?

Thu, 19 Dec 2019 06:00:05 +0000

Judy Douglass, tells how she and her husband, Steve, came to foster and then adopt a 12-year-old boy named Josh. She tells how their home life turned upside down once he became part of their family.

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Calming Angry Kids

Fri, 06 Dec 2019 06:00:05 +0000

Does your childhood, or previous relationships, ever creep into your current ones? Ron Deal is talking with USA Today best-selling author Tricia Goyer on this topic.

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Believe in Your Kids

Tue, 14 May 2019 11:00:00 +0000

guest: Mike Berry | Series: Confessions of an Adoptive Parent | Mike Berry, author of “Confessions of an Adoptive Parent,” gives an honest look at the challenging side of adoption. A father of eight adopted children, including four with fetal alcohol syndrome, Berry talks about the loss his kids have experienced and the overwhelming needs they face physically, emotionally, and mentally. Berry tells parents considering adoption that their number one need is for education and community, and promises there will be hardship alongside the joy. Berry shares what has kept him and his wife, Kristin, from giving up, and how Jesus has come alongside them.
Show Notes and Resources

ConfessionsofanAdoptiveParent.com
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Hope and Help From the Trenches

Mon, 13 May 2019 11:00:00 +0000

guest: Mike Berry | Series: Confessions of an Adoptive Parent | Author Mike Berry, a husband and father of eight adopted children, tells what led him and his wife to pursue adoption and foster parenting. When they first started their journey they didn’t understand childhood trauma, but now they do. Berry encourages couples to adopt if they feel led, but warns them that at some point there will likely be a moment when they feel they are running into a wall. He believes it’s critical for them to understand that kids in chronic trauma are functioning in survival mode, and don’t always know why they act the way they do.

Show Notes and Resources

ConfessionsofanAdoptiveParent.com
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Seven Reasons Parents Overindulge Their Children

Fri, 17 Feb 2017 12:00:00 +0000

guest: Kristen Welch | Series: Raising Grateful Kids | Kristen Welch, a mother of three, tells of the challenge to raise kids who are grateful and content, and points to guilt as the real reason parents cater to their kids. Welch gives seven reasons parents overindulge their children, which results in kids who feel entitled.Show Notes & ResourcesKristen Welch’s blog – We Are That FamilyThe Mercy House

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Putting an End to Entitlement

Thu, 16 Feb 2017 12:00:00 +0000

Kristen Welch tells how she and her husband nipped their child's entitlement mentality in the bud after a fun family outing to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

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Teens are Not Adults … Yet

Fri, 27 Jan 2017 12:00:00 +0000

Brian and Angela Haynes, author of the book, "Relentless Parenting," remind parents that their teens are not adults.

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