Posts Tagged ‘connection’
How Sensory Seeking Can Lead to Connection
Spinning, jumping, and swinging. Bear hugs and loud environments. Wiggles and squirming. These are just some sensory-seeking behaviors common in children and teens—not your child acting out or being unruly and disrespectful. Sensory seeking is when a child seeks out and even craves sensory input. Unlike children who are sensory avoidant—often overwhelmed by input—children who…
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 MoreThe Vision for Pre+Post Adoption Support
As followers of Christ, it seems that God often invites us into journeys where only the first few steps are clear. Without any real idea of where a journey will lead, we follow, hoping the path will be filled with awe and wonder, and often it is. But that journey can also turn out much…
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