Parenting is not an easy job. We are responsible for training and shaping the next generation. That task weighs heavy on me some days. Other days I find myself managing behaviors and not sure that I am doing anything of significance. Am I shaping the next generation or simply becoming a drill sergeant of a [...]
Whether we admit it or not, it's a thought adoptive and foster parents have at least once: how do I love my child when I don't like them? Chris, Kayla, and Ryan explore this in detail, starting with the need to continually remember behavior is an expression of a need. We need to do the [...]
I'm traveling to Seattle to speak at the Refresh Conference this week. I'm looking forward to the trip for several reasons. I've never been to the Pacific Northwest, some friends moved to Seattle last year and I haven't seen them since they moved, and I'm looking forward to presenting my assigned topic; Building Healthy Relationships [...]
We live in a name it to claim it kind of world where we all like to label things. If it doesnāt have a label, it doesnāt make any sense. And if it doesn't make any sense, we don't know what to do with it. We even have label makers so that we can make [...]
Every day is a new adventure and there certainly is much truth to that especially when you have six little adventures living in your home. But days are more than just adventures for us parents, they are educational as well and since we just closed the books on 2013 I thought Iād share what I [...]
Like all of us, I am many things. I am a husband, father, son, brother, employee, boss and coach. My varsity soccer season starts laterĀ this month and as I was planningĀ for another season I started thinkingĀ about some of my teams over theĀ years. I love coaching and some of my favorite memories have been of coaching [...]
I love this video because Dr. Purvis addresses a question that all adoptive parents ask. We all want to know if our child's behavior is because they are adopted or because they are kids.