- A Conversation at Wal-Mart: Naming a Birth Mother
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- Parenting At-Risk Children
- Series Title: The Connected Child (Day 3 of 3)
- You can't impart what you don't possess. Leading expert in developmental psychology, Karyn Purvis, talks to parents about parenting their adopted children. Karyn exhorts parents to heal their personal wounds and losses before adopting and not to expect their children to fill those gaps for them. Parents, Purvis says, have to come to their children as a blank slate, realizing that all they've previously known about parenting may not apply to these special children.
- Parents' Expectations
- Series Title: The Connected Child (Day 2 of 3)
- All parents have expectations for their children. Karyn Purvis, a former foster mother who holds her doctorate in developmental psychology, cautions parents to be aware of possible risk factors in their adoptive and foster children and adjust their expectations accordingly. Karyn explains that children need unconditional love and that adoptive parents will need wisdom in regards to disciplining these sensitive children.
More Adoption & orphans broadcasts
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The Christian's Response to the Fatherless By Dennis Rainey and Barbara Rainey Find out how you can serve the orphan – from prayer and mission trips to foster care and adoption.
Adoption and Church Orphans Ministry Forum Designed to address three main areas as they relate to orphans and waiting children here in the U.S. and around the world.
