Could the demise of Detroit reflect the demise of your family? I am intrigued by Detroit. The “Motor City” is quickly becoming a modern day ghost town. The city’s population peaked in the 1950’s at nearly 2 million people; as the city’s population boomed, so did the city’s infrastructure: factories, schools, […]
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“One of the most sobering questions that we are asked to answer is, ‘What do I do when my child is aggressive?'” -Dr. Karyn Purvis In the video below, Dr. Karyn Purvis provides wisdom and insights for parents when responding to verbal aggression and/or physical violence from a child. Responding […]
Responding to Aggression and Violence
Are you making a difference in your child’s life? You’d better believe it! Dr. Dan Siegel, psychiatrist and co-author of The Whole Brain Child, states that adoptive parents can be considered their childrens’ biological parents. Through each interaction with our children, their brains are literally being re-wired. We are affecting […]
Are you making a difference in your child’s life?
In the past I’ve written and commented about the Dangers of Delays, the Russian ban on adoptions to the US, and just yesterday I posted Hidden Children which detailed reasons why children belong in a family not in an institution. Today I encountered a series of photographs that break my heart […]
Russian Orphans
I recently heard children in the foster care system described as “hidden.” No, they haven’t been abducted, nor are they playing a game of hide and seek. Let me explain: on my trips to China, it was easy to find the orphans, see where they live and the conditions in […]
Hidden Children
On Sunday, February 9, 2014, Pastor David Dykes of Green Acres Baptist Church announced a relaunch of the successful 2009 Hope For 100 campaign that saw over 170 orphans and foster kids successfully placed in loving homes. This new campaign (Hope For 100 v. 2.0) will have twin goals: to […]
Hope for 100 v2.0
It wasn’t until after we adopted a child with clearly defined special needs that I realized all of our children have some special needs. Furthermore, all adoptive and foster children have a history of at least one of the six predictors of altered brain chemistry and the associated disabilities. Those […]
Sexual Abuse of Children With Disabilities
Forever Families, Hope for 100 and the East Texas Orphan Care Network would like to invite you to our 2014 East Texas Orphan Conference. The conference will begin on January 31, 2014 with a concert featuring one of our favorite artists, Stephen Curtis Chapman. Concert tickets may be purchased at the Green […]
East Texas Orphan Conference
I got this in my email today, and I wanted to share it with you…. #GivingTuesday Used to Pay for Abortions? Dear LifeNews.com Readers, Today is Giving Tuesday across the country, as Americans come down from their spending binge of Black Friday and Cyber Monday to give back to charitable […]
#GivingTuesday Used to Pay for Abortions?
Dr. Karen Purvis and her colleagues have revolutionized the parenting of foster children, adopted children, and other children from hard places with their book, The Connected Child, based on their research and experience at Texas Christian University. Many parents criticize the book saying that it does not work for older […]