Posts by Bethany Briley
Understanding Disorganized Attachment
Introduction to Attachment Theory If you have been following Show Hope’s work with Hope for Journey and Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®), you have more than likely encountered attachment. Attachment theory (as described in this blog post) tells us that a child is not born attached to their caregiver but rather will develop a specific style…
Read MoreHope for the Journey Hosts and Teaching Session Speakers
For 15 years, Show Hope’s Hope for the Journey has impacted more than 155,000 parents, caregivers, church leaders, and professionals with much-needed, paradigm-shifting insight, education, and training. That legacy continues as we launch hopeforthejourney.com, with a reimagined experience that better serves children and families, churches, and entire communities. Access Hope for the Journey teaching sessions,…
Read MoreWill You Help Us Close the Gap?
Here’s the thing, we fell short in raising $500,000 at the end of calendar year 2024, and today, we need your help in closing the gap. By June 30, we have some lofty yet impactful goals to meet: Over the past two years, we have seen more than a 30 percent increase in Adoption Aid…
Read More8 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…
Read MoreShow Hope Book Club: Created to Connect
Created to Connect Our friends and partners at Empowered to Connect recently updated the “Created to Connect” study, a free resource designed to guide Christian parents through the biblical foundations of the book “The Connected Child” by Dr. Karyn Purvis, Dr. David Cross, and Wendy Lyons Sunshine. From Empowered to Connect: “This resource has encouraged…
Read MoreHow to Advocate Well for Your Children at School
It has often been said that “it takes a village” to raise a child, and a critical member of that community is your children’s school. As a parent, it is important for you to connect and build relationships with your child or teen’s teachers, the school’s faculty, and the support staff around them. However, knowing…
Read MoreTips 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…
Read More15 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…
Read MoreAdoption 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,…
Read MoreShow 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…
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