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How to Honor Your Child’s Birth Culture
The Importance of Honoring Your Child’s Birth Culture As parents whose families have been built through adoption, it is important to honor your child’s birth culture. This is particularly true for children who are of a different race or ethnicity from the other members of their families. According to an article from the National Council…
The P.R.A.Y. Acronym
The P.R.A.Y. Acronym With a desire to reflect God’s heart for children who are vulnerable, it is important to approach their care in a way that protects children’s best interests. With the wide range of factors contributing to children becoming orphaned, there are many avenues one could take to get involved, and one helpful tool…
Show Hope Book Club: The Connected Child
The Connected Child “The Connected Child,” co-authored by Drs. Karyn Purvis and David Cross along with Wendy Lyons Sunshine, has helped countless adoptive and foster parents better connect with their children as they seek to love and care for them in a way that honors God. The adoption of a child is always a joyous…
The Importance of Sleep in Children and Teens
The Importance of Sleep Parents and caregivers want to see their children, whether 2 or 16 years old, thrive, flourish, and reach their full potential. There are many contributing factors to that end goal, and one that, unfortunately, is often overlooked is sleep, especially as children grow into those teenage years. According to an article…
Be Still
How is it with your soul? It’s a question we’ve been asking ourselves at Show Hope this year. No, Show Hope is not a church. But we are a community of Christ-followers doing ministry work: caring for orphans by engaging the Church and reducing barriers to adoption. It’s important work. It’s kingdom work. It’s hard…
Strengthening Your Relationship With Your Child
Strengthening Your Relationship The late Dr. Karyn Purvis once said, “When you connect to the heart of a child, everything is possible.” As parents and caregivers, we want strong relationships with our children. We want to create connection, felt-safety, and trust with them, no matter if they are 1 or 18. Yet strengthening that relationship…
