Pre+Post Adoption Support
For Every Child . . . and Every Family
In a world where pain and brokenness often find their way into our homes, the need for compassion, empathy, and gospel-centered care has never been greater. Trauma-informed care is not just a strategy—it is a commitment to seeing people through the eyes of Jesus. By embracing love, care, and the redemptive power of Christ, we…
Read MoreTeaching Your Values by Living Them First
The following is an excerpt from “Created to Connect: A Christian’s Guide to the Connected Child.” From Dr. Karyn Purvis with Michael and Amy Monroe, “Created to Connect” serves as a dynamic resource for those looking to draw helpful, encouraging parallels between the Christian faith and the foundational teachings of Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®). When…
Read MoreHow to Build Connection in Your Marriage
How to Build Connection in Your Marriage In TBRI® (Trust-Based Relational Intervention®), we aim to build relationships with our children and teenagers through fostering trust, felt-safety, and connection. Through the different TBRI principles, strategies, and practices, we want the bond we share with our children and teens to be strong and firm. And the truth…
Read MoreTransracial Adoption: Love Is Just the Beginning
We hope this list will be impactful for you on your journey. Here are 10 resources for adoptive and foster care families.
Read MoreShow Hope Book Club: The Whole-Brain Child
The Whole-Brain Child “The Whole-Brain Child” really helped me understand the complexities of development,” Show Hope Director of Communications Nathan Magness said. “I am not a ‘science’ person, per se, so I really appreciated the authors’ approach in crafting the content in such an accessible and practical way. God’s intricate design of his creation is…
Read MoreFoster Care Awareness Month
We hope this list will be impactful for you on your journey. Here are 10 resources for adoptive and foster care families.
Read MoreShow Hope Book Club: The Connected Therapist
The Connected Therapist “Children have inherent worth regardless of how society might try to quantify their development. This isn’t a book about helping parents raise perfect kids. It’s a book about loving imperfect people, ourselves included,” author Marti Smith writes. “It’s about being compassionate, having empathy, and doing the best we can while striving to…
Read MoreUnderstanding 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 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…
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