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The Connected Parent
Real-Life Strategies for Building Trust and Attachment
Parenting under the best of circumstances can be difficult. And raising children w ...
Raising Little Travelers (and one reason you may not want to)
If you’re a traveler, chances are you want to keep traveling even after you have kids. Try these ideas for raising children who share your passion. ...
The Connected Child
The Connected Child, co-authored by Dr. Karyn Purvis, has helped countless adoptive and foster parents better connect with their children as they s ...
Expat Motherhood - The Long View
Being a mom has been the greatest and the hardest thing I have ever done or have ever been. Motherhood is both a noun and a verb. It is an identity ...
Developing a Theology of Risk
Having lived through three political evacuations and having faced a number of “hot” times in developing countries one is always faced with the ...
Ten Questions That EVERY Expat (or Repat) Parent Should Ask About Their Kids
Let’s start with a quick summary of this whole post. This is a longer one (at least for a blog post) so let’s break it up. I’ll g ...
Guiding the Grief with Lauren Wells
Cultural Trainer and TCK Program Director of Culture Bound — an organization that specializes in providing language and culture training — and auth ...
Graduation: Grief and Gratitude
In some ways, her graduation this week is a continuation of everything I’ve been experiencing since I gave birth over 18 years ago. Motherhood feel ...
Letting go of parental control with adult kids
When children enter adulthood, our role as parent changes, too. Here's some advice for parents: Let go of control, and let God give your adult chil ...
Minimizing culture shock in parent and child
How parents can prepare themselves & their children for the shock of entering a new culture? Some tips for before you leave & once you arri ...
New study links phone use and mental health issues in teens
A new study in the journal Child Development shows nighttime usage of a cell phone can increase anxiety and depression in teenagers and reduce self ...
7 Truths When Your Child is a Missionary
Letting go of kids is hard, especially when the call of Christ takes them to places outside of a parent's comfort zone. Here are 7 lessons I've lea ...