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Navigating Infertility & Loss: A Conversation with Julie Fowler | Ep. 228
Julie Fowler, speaker and bible curriculum writer, joins us for a meaningful conversation about her journey of infertility and the resources she’s created for other couples coping with infertility and loss. Julie shares how scripture helped her in her griefโฆ
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Being an Adoptee: What Itโs Like to Grow Up Adopted | Ep. 204
Today we chat with Leah Sutterlin, an adoptee, adoptive mom, and adoption advocate, about being an adoptee. Leah shares how early separation affected her later relationships and attachment style and discusses the identity struggles she experienced growing up. She alsoโฆ
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Help! My Child Is Defiant and Disrespectful
You probably know the signs of your childโs defiance or disrespect a few seconds before it lands. You see it in their body language, and you feel it in your own body as you try to prepare. If youโve gotโฆ
My Misconceptions About AdoptionโAnd, Well, All Parenting
In honor of National Adoption Awareness Month, Jen Berge, a mom of six through birth and adoption, and our content manager, shares her insight on some common misconceptions about adoption. But we believe what sheโs learned applies to all parents!โฆ
A Parenting Framework for Adoption and Fostering? Yes! | Ep.157
Listen in as Lynn Beckett, Chad Hayenga, and Stacy unpack a grace-filled lens for navigating parenting and discipline in adoptive and foster care families. These creative and compassionate ideas can benefit any parent! When families grow through adoption or fosterโฆ
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Ease the New Sibling Transition With Preparation & Loads of Grace
Spoiler alert: It doesnโt have to cause resentment!
Blocked Care: Rekindle Compassion in Your Heart | Ep. 155
In todayโs episode on blocked care, Stacy talks with author Melissa Corkum about her book Reclaim Compassion. โBlocked care (also known as compassion fatigue) is when a parent becomes emotionally unavailable following repeated rejected attempts to support their child. Theโฆ
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่บซ็บ็ถๆฏ๏ผไฝ ๆณๅฟ ๅฐๅญฉๅญ็กไผๆญข็่ฆๆฑๆๆไบ่งฃใ ็ฑๆผ็จฎ็จฎๅๅ ๏ผ้ไบ่ฆๆฑๅพๅพ็นๅฅ้ๅฐๅชฝๅชฝใ ็ถไฝ ็น้ไธ็พคๅฅณไบบ๏ผไฝ ๅพๅฏ่ฝๆๅจ้็พคไบบไธญๆพๅฐ่ณๅฐไธไฝ็ฒพ็ฒๅ็ซญ็ๅชฝๅชฝใ ๅญฉๅญๆฏๅคฉ็ๅ้กใ้ๆฑๅ่ซๆฑๆธ้ไนๅค๏ผๅฏ่ฝๆ่ฎ็ถๆฏ่ฎๅพๅฎๅ จไธ็ฅๆๆชใ ่ไธ๏ผไฝ็บ็ฒพ็ฒๅ็ซญ็ๅชฝๅชฝ๏ผๆๅๅฐๅญฉๅญ่ชชไบๅพๅคๆฌกโไธโใ ๅชฝๅชฝ๏ผไฝ ่ฝๅๆไธ่ตท็ฉๅ๏ผๆฑๆฑไฝ ๏ผ โ ๅฐไธ่ตท๏ผๆ้่ฆๅๆ้ฃฏไบใ ๅชฝๅชฝ๏ผไฝ ่ฝ้่ป้ๆๅปไธๅญธๅ๏ผ โ ๅฐไธ่ตท๏ผๆไปๅคฉ็็ๅพๅฟใ ๅชฝๅชฝ๏ผไฝ ่ฝๅนซๆๆฟๅชๅๅ๏ผ โ็บไป้บผไฝ ่ชๅทฑไธ่ฝๆฟ๏ผ ไฝ ็ฅ้ๆพๅจๅช่ฃก็ใ ๅชฝๅชฝ๏ผไฝ ่ฝๅนซๆๆๆๆฟ้ๅ๏ผ โไฝ ็ฅ้้ๆฏไฝ ็่ฒฌไปปใ ๆ็ฅ้ไฝ ๅๅพๅฐใ ๅชฝๅชฝ๏ผไฝ ่ฝ้ชๆ่บบๅจๅบไธ็ดๅฐๆ็ก่ๅ๏ผ โๅฆ๏ผๅฏถ่ฒ๏ผๆๅพๆจๆ๏ผไฝๆฏๆ็็้่ฆๅปๆๆๅปๆฟใ ไฝ็บไธๅ็ฒพ็ฒๅ็ซญ็ๅชฝๅชฝ๏ผไฝ ๅฏ่ฝ้ฃๆฏๅคฉๅฐๅญฉๅญๅซ่ๅฐๆๆ็ขบๅฐ่ชชโไธโ็ๆฌกๆธ้ฝๆธไธๆธ ใ ่ชชโๅฅฝโๅฐๅญฉๅญๆไป้บผๅฝฑ้ฟ 2015 ๅนด็งๅคฉ๏ผๆๅๅ ไบ็ฑโ่ต่ฝ่ฏ็ตโๆฉๆง (Empowered to Connect) ็ๅช็งไบบๅก็บ้ ้คๆๅฏ้คๅ ็ซฅ็็ถๆฏ่่พฆ็ๆ่ญฐใ ็ถๆ่ฝๅฐใๅจๅฌฐๅ ๅบ็ๅพ็็ฌฌไธๅนด๏ผไปๅๆ่ฝๅฐโๅฅฝโๅ่ฌๆฌกใ็้ๅไบๅฏฆๆ๏ผๆๆทฑๆ่งๆฌ ใ โๅฅฝ๏ผๆๆ้คตไฝ ใโ โๅฅฝ๏ผๆๆๆฑ่ไฝ ใโ โๅฅฝ๏ผๆๆ็ตฆไฝ ๆๅฐฟๅธใโ โๅฅฝ๏ผๆๆ็ ง้กงไฝ ใโ ็ถไปๅๅญๆณฃๆ๏ผ็ถๆฏๆ็ ง้กง่ ไปฅๆปฟ่ถณไปๅ็้่ฆไพๅๆใ ๅฅฝ๏ผๅฅฝ๏ผๅฅฝใ ไธๅๆบซๆใๅต่ญทๅญฉๅญ็ๆๅนดไบบ็้็จฎๅๆ๏ผ่ฎๅญฉๅญ็ฅ้ไปๅ่ขซ่ฝๅฐใ่ขซ็ๅฐใ่ขซ้่ฆใ่ขซๆใ ่ไธ๏ผๆ้่ฆ็ๆฏ๏ผ่ฎๅญฉๅญ็ฅ้ไปๅๆ็ผ่จๆฌ๏ผไปๅๅฏไปฅๅฝฑ้ฟ่ชๅทฑ็่ๅขใ ้็จฎ่ช็บๆๅๅฏไปฅ้ ่่ชๅทฑ็ๅชๅๅๅพๆๅๆ้ๅฐ็ฎๆจ็ไฟกๅฟต๏ผๅจๅฟ็ๅญธไธญ็จฑ็บ่ชๆๆ่ฝ๏ผ้ๅฐๅญฉๅญ็็ผๅฑไธๅฏๆ็ผบใ ้ฃๆฌกๆ่ญฐๆน่ฎไบๆ็ไธๅ ๆๅๅ ไบ้ๆฌกๆ่ญฐ๏ผๆฏๅ ็บๆ็ๅฎถๅบญๆฏ้้ๅพ่กฃ็ดขๆฏไบ้ ้คๅญฉๅญ็ๆนๅผ็ตๆ็ใๆ็พๅนดๅไบๆญฒๅๅๅ ญๆญฒ็ๅญฉๅญๅจๅฌฐๅ ๆๆ๏ผไธฆๆฒๆๅพๅฐๆไธๆทๅฐใไปคไปๅๆพๅฟๅฐ่ชชโๅฅฝโใๅ็ฎกๆ็ฅ้ๅญธ่กไธๆ่ฌ็็็ๆงๆ้ค๏ผไฝๆฏ้ๅป่ๆ็็พๅฏฆ็ๆดปๅคง็ธ่ฟณๅบญใๆ็ผ็พ่ชๅทฑ่ชชโไธโ็ๆฌกๆธ้ ้ ๅค้ๆๅฐๆฑ่ชชโๅฅฝโ ็ๆฌกๆธใโฆ
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่บซไธบ็ถๆฏ๏ผไฝ ๆณๅฟ ๅฏนๅญฉๅญๆ ไผๆญข็่ฆๆฑๆๆไบ่งฃใ็ฑไบ็ง็งๅๅ ๏ผ่ฟไบ่ฆๆฑๅพๅพ็นๅซ้ๅฏนๅฆๅฆใๅฝไฝ ็ป่ฟไธ็พคๅฅณไบบ๏ผไฝ ๅพๅฏ่ฝไผๅจ่ฟ็พคไบบไธญๆพๅฐ่ณๅฐไธไฝ็ฒพ็ฒๅ็ซญ็ๅฆๅฆใๅญฉๅญๆฏๅคฉ็้ฎ้ขใ้ๆฑๅ่ฏทๆฑๆฐ้ไนๅค๏ผๅฏ่ฝไผ่ฎฉ็ถๆฏๅๅพๅฎๅ จไธ็ฅๆๆชใ ่ไธ๏ผไฝ็บ็ฒพ็ฒๅ็ซญ็ๅชฝๅชฝ๏ผๆๅๅฐๅญฉๅญ่ชชไบๅพๅคๆฌกโไธโใ ๅฆๅฆ๏ผไฝ ่ฝๅๆไธ่ตท็ฉๅ๏ผๆฑๆฑไฝ ๏ผ โ ๅฏนไธ่ตท๏ผๆ้่ฆๅๆ้ฅญไบใ ๅฆๅฆ๏ผไฝ ่ฝๅผ่ฝฆ้ๆๅปไธๅญฆๅ๏ผ โ ๅฏนไธ่ตท๏ผๆไปๅคฉ็็ๅพๅฟใ ๅฆๅฆ๏ผไฝ ่ฝๅธฎๆๆฟๅชๅๅ๏ผ โไธบไปไนไฝ ่ชๅทฑไธ่ฝๆฟ๏ผไฝ ็ฅ้ๆพๅจๅช้็ใ ๅฆๅฆ๏ผไฝ ่ฝๅธฎๆๆๆซๆฟ้ดๅ๏ผ โ ไฝ ็ฅ้่ฟๆฏไฝ ็่ดฃไปปใๆ็ฅ้ไฝ ๅๅพๅฐใ ๅฆๅฆ๏ผไฝ ่ฝ้ชๆ่บบๅจๅบไธ็ดๅฐๆ็ก็ๅ๏ผ โ ๅฆ๏ผๅฎ่ด๏ผๆๅพไนๆ๏ผไฝๆฏๆ็็้่ฆๅปๆๆซๅจๆฟใ ไฝไธบไธไธช็ฒพ็ฒๅ็ซญ็ๅฆๅฆ๏ผไฝ ๅฏ่ฝ่ฟๆฏๅคฉๅฏนๅญฉๅญๅซ่ๅฐๆๆ็กฎๅฐ่ฏดโไธโ็ๆฌกๆฐ้ฝๆฐไธๆธ ใ ่ฏดโๅฅฝโๅฏนๅญฉๅญๆไปไนๅฝฑๅ 2015 ๅนด็งๅคฉ๏ผๆๅๅ ไบ็ฑโ่ต่ฝ่็ปโๆบๆ (Empowered to Connect) ็ไผ็งไบบๅไธบ้ขๅ ปๆๅฏๅ ปๅฟ็ซฅ็็ถๆฏไธพๅ็ไผ่ฎฎใๅฝๆๅฌๅฐใๅจๅฉดๅฟๅบ็ๅ็็ฌฌไธๅนด๏ผไปไปฌไผๅฌๅฐโๅฅฝโๅไธๆฌกใ็่ฟไธชไบๅฎๆถ๏ผๆๆทฑๆไบๆฌ ใ โๅฅฝ๏ผๆไผๅไฝ ใโ โๅฅฝ๏ผๆไผๆฑ็ไฝ ใโ โๅฅฝ๏ผๆไผ็ปไฝ ๆขๅฐฟๅธใโ โๅฅฝ๏ผๆไผ็ ง้กพไฝ ใโ ๅฝไปไปฌๅญๆณฃๆถ๏ผ็ถๆฏๆ็ ง้กพ่ ไปฅๆปก่ถณไปไปฌ็้่ฆๆฅๅๅบใๅฅฝ๏ผๅฅฝ๏ผๅฅฝใ ไธไธชๆธฉๆใๅตๆคๅญฉๅญ็ๆๅนดไบบ็่ฟ็งๅๅบ๏ผ่ฎฉๅญฉๅญ็ฅ้ไปไปฌ่ขซๅฌๅฐใ่ขซ็ๅฐใ่ขซ้่งใ่ขซ็ฑใ่ไธ๏ผๆ้่ฆ็ๆฏ๏ผ่ฎฉๅญฉๅญ็ฅ้ไปไปฌๆๅ่จๆ๏ผไปไปฌๅฏไปฅๅฝฑๅ่ชๅทฑ็ๅคๅขใ่ฟ็ง่ฎคไธบๆไปฌๅฏไปฅ้ ็่ชๅทฑ็ๅชๅๅๅพๆๅๆ่พพๅฐ็ฎๆ ็ไฟกๅฟต๏ผๅจๅฟ็ๅญฆไธญ็งฐไธบ่ชๆๆ่ฝ๏ผ่ฟๅฏนๅญฉๅญ็ๅๅฑไธๅฏๆ็ผบใ ้ฃๆฌกไผ่ฎฎๆนๅไบๆ็ไธๅ ๆๅๅ ไบ่ฟๆฌกไผ่ฎฎ๏ผๆฏๅ ไธบๆ็ๅฎถๅบญๆฏ้่ฟไป่กฃ็ดขๆฏไบ้ขๅ ปๅญฉๅญ็ๆนๅผ็ปๆ็ใๆ็ฐๅนดๅไบๅฒๅๅๅ ญๅฒ็ๅญฉๅญๅจๅฉดๅฟๆถๆ๏ผๅนถๆฒกๆๅพๅฐๆไธๆญๅฐใไปคไปไปฌๆพๅฟๅฐ่ฏดโๅฅฝโใๅฐฝ็ฎกๆ็ฅ้ๅญฆๆฏไธๆ่ฐ็็ๆๆงๆๅ ป๏ผไฝๆฏ่ฟๅดไธๆ็็ฐๅฎ็ๆดปๅคง็ธ่ฟณๅบญใๆๅ็ฐ่ชๅทฑ่ฏดโไธโ็ๆฌกๆฐ่ฟ่ฟๅค่ฟๆๅฏปๆฑ่ฏดโๅฅฝโ ็ๆฌกๆฐใ ๆไปฌๅพๅฎนๆไธๅ ๆ็ดขๅฐ็ดๆฅๅ็ญๅญฉๅญโไธโ๏ผๅฐคๅ ถๆฏๅฝๆฏไบฒ็ฒๆซไธๅ ชๆถใ ๆญฃๆฏๅจ้ฃๆฌกไผ่ฎฎไธ๏ผๆๆฟ่ฏบ่ฆๅฐฝๅฏ่ฝๅฏปๆฑ่ฏดโๅฅฝโ๏ผ็นๅซๆฏๅฝๆไบ่งฃๅฐๅฏนๅญฉๅญ่ฏดโๅฅฝโๅฏไปฅๅนๅ ปไบฒๅญ้ด็่็ปใ ๅญฉๅญ็่ฆๆฑๆฏๅฆไผๅนๅ ป่็ป๏ผ็ถๅ่ฏ็่ฏดโๅฅฝ!โ ่ฟไธช่งๅฟตๆพ็ถ้็จไบ้ขๅ ปๅๅฏๅ ปๅฎถๅบญ๏ผไฝๅฎไนๅพๅฎนๆ่ฝฌ็งปๅฐๆๆๅฎถๅบญใ ๅจ่ฟไธชๅๅฟ่็ฏ็็ไธ็้๏ผๆไปฌๅพๅฎนๆ่ชๅจๅฐๅฏนๅญฉๅญ็่ฆๆฑ่ฏด “ไธ”ใๅ่ไปฃไน็ๆฏ๏ผ่ฆๆดๅ ๅชๅๅฐๅค่ฏดโๅฅฝโ๏ผๅนถไธๅฝไฝ ่ฟๆ ทๅ็ๆถๅ๏ผ่ฆ่ฎฉไบฒๅญ้ด็่็ปๆๅคงๅ๏ผ ไพๅฆ๏ผๅฝๆ็ฐๅนดๅไบๅฒ็ๅฅณๅฟ่ฟๅฐ็ๆถๅ๏ผๅฅนๅๆฌขๆ็ปๅฅนๆถๆ็ฒๆฒนใ็ถ่๏ผๆไธๅๆฌขๆถๆ็ๆ็ฒ๏ผไนไธๅๆฌขๆถๅฅน็ๆ็ฒใๅฝๅฅน่ฆๆฑๆถ๏ผๆ็ซๅป่งๅพ่ชๅทฑไธๅๆฌข่ฟไธชไปปๅก๏ผๆไผ่ฏด๏ผโๅฏ๏ผไฝ ็ฅ้ๆ้่ฆๅ ๅ ๅฅฝ่ฟ็ฏฎ่กฃๆ๏ผไนๅๅฆๆๆไปฌๆๆถ้ด็่ฏ๏ผๆไผ็ปไฝ ๆถๆ็ฒๆฒนใโโฆ
Annaโs Story: When Traditional Parenting Just Doesnโt Cut It
Anna Braasch, Connected Families Executive Director, has brought a much-needed perspective of building a family through adoption to the team. Formulaic parenting sounds good, but as Anna discovered, it didnโt work with her kids. The hopes and dreams of earlyโฆ