Challenges & Issues
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A Challenge for Adoptive Dadsposted on May 14, 2012 Watch as Michael Monroe talks about the need for adoptive dads to partner with their wives to work together as they lead their children toward hope and healing. Check out the Empowered To Connect resource library for lots of great…… Read More |
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How Do You Measure Success?posted on May 5, 2012 Check out the latest video from Empowered To Connect as Amy & Michael Monroe talk about the need for adoptive and foster parents to remain focused on what it means to be successful in the parenting journey as we love children…… Read More |
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When Will It Be Enough?posted on April 17, 2012 I want to read enough, study enough so I can ace parenting. The more I research and give myself; the more Elise pushes back with her emotions. When she says, “Nobody loves me…will you still love me forever…will you be…… Read More |
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Talking Honestly About Disruptionposted on April 13, 2012 In the shadows of much that is good and right and beautiful about adoption, there is the reality that some adoptive placements don’t last — they disrupt and dissolve. This happens for a multitude of reasons, and each situation is as…… Read More |
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Precious in His Sightposted on March 5, 2012 Empowered To Connect recently posted the following new audio resource featuring Dr. Karyn Purvis. Each year the Christian Alliance for Orphans hosts its annual Summit. At Summit VII in 2011 Dr. Karyn Purvis was featured as one of the keynote…… Read More |
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ETC Parent Training Starting February 23 at IBCposted on February 2, 2012 Empowered To Connect (ETC) Parent Training is a learning and training experience designed specifically for adoptive and foster parents. The ETC Parent Training was developed by Empowered To Connect and is based upon the Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®) model developed by…… Read More |
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Using Time-In Instead of Time-Outposted on January 30, 2012 Check out the latest Empowered To Connect video, where Dr. Karyn Purvis talks about the use of ‘time-in’ instead of ‘time-out’ to effectively correct and train our children. As she explains, this important strategy promotes healthy development and secure connection,…… Read More |
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Parenting in the Real Worldposted on December 14, 2011 As adoptive and foster parents begin to learn about and practice the approach and strategies taught by Dr. Karyn Purvis in her book The Connected Child, many of them encounter various concerns, questions and even doubts. After all, for many this…… Read More |
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Why Christmas Stinks Sometimesposted on December 11, 2011 It was the third day in a row, or maybe the fourth. I don’t exactly recall. I do, however, vividly remember coming home from work and being met by my normally patient and long-suffering wife declaring in an overly frustrated…… Read More |
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My Perfect Childposted on December 1, 2011 Christianity Today recently featured an article by Amy Julia Becker entitled My Perfect Child. I first read a version of this article years ago in the magazine First Things, and it both challenged and encouraged me. (You can find that…… Read More |