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8 Tips for Building Strong Relationships Among Your Children
As parents and caregivers, we have the opportunity to help build strong relationships among our children. Sibling relationships can be complicated with rivalries and squabbles, and in many ways, these challenges are natural and as old as time. (Remember Cain and Abel? OK, that’s an extreme example.) However, as you work to build connection and…
Tips for Talking With Your Kids About Their Health
Talking with your kids about their health or the health of a family member or close friend can be intimidating and scary. Yet according to AdventHealth, “While your natural response as a parent is to protect your child by avoiding conversations surrounding these subjects, it’s important to encourage everyone involved to be open and honest…
15 Encouraging Bible Verses for Parents
The late Dr. Karyn Purvis once said, “A gift you can give to your child is taking good care of yourself.” There is perhaps no better way to care for your whole self—mind, heart, body, and soul—than abiding with God in his word. In the Book of Psalms, we find this familiar Bible verse: “Your…
Adoption Aid Grants Rewind
Our Adoption Aid grants are the cornerstone of our work—the original vision of our Founders, Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman. To date, we have had the privilege of awarding more than 9,100 Adoption Aid grants, impacting children from around the globe and totaling more than $44 million. You have helped make this impact possible,…
Show Hope Book Club: It Takes More Than Love
““It Takes More Than Love” is both convicting and encouraging, not only for adoptive parents but also for anyone in community with adoptive families,” Show Hope Manager of Communications Bethany Jones said. “Brittany Salmon does not shy away the challenges that come with transcultural adoption but also highlights the beauty of God’s design.” We encourage…
A Haven of Hope
Our story began with hope. Our Founders, Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman, desired to see children enter the love of a family through adoption. Show Hope Adoption Aid grants grew and so did our understanding. You see, the adoption journey does not end the day a child is welcomed home. In many ways, it…