Parenting Strategies That Connect
Posted on Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Watch as Dr. Purvis provides practical insight to parents about how they can effectively correct their children while still empowering and connecting with them.
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Becoming More Real to Our Kids
Posted on Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
The February 2010 issue of Adoption Today features an article entitled Becoming More Real to My Kids. The article focuses on the need for us as parents to more fully embrace our children holistically, including those parts of their past and present which can be difficult and painful.
Focusing on the Whole Child
Posted on Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis talks about the need for parents to focus on every aspect of their child’s wellbeing in order to help them heal and overcome their challenges.
Children from Hard Places
Posted on Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis outlines the common characteristics of children from hard places and offers insight into what these children need most to help them heal and become whole:
Talking With Children About the Difficult Realities
Posted on Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Along with the joys and blessings of adoption and foster care come some difficult and often painful realities – issues such as grief, loss, abandonment, past trauma and the need for forgiveness, just to name a few. It is important for adoptive and foster parents to be prepared to help their children navigate these emotional and complex issues, and to make sense of their own personal story as well.
This talk, entitled Not Your Everday Conversation: Talking with Your Children About the Difficult Realities of Adoption and Foster Care, was presented by Michael and Amy Monroe at the 2009 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference. The talk focuses on these and other issues in an open and honest way, and provides specific tools to help parents effectively communicate with their children about the difficult realities of their past in order to help prepare them for their future.
audio recording of this presentation (mp3 file)
You can also download the handouts for this presentation.
The Connecting Link
Posted on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Watch The Connecting Link: What Parents Need to Bring Healing to Their Children, delivered at the 2009 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference.
Creating a Healthy Adoption Culture in Your Church
Posted on Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Watch as Dr. Purvis talks about what is needed to create a healthy adoption culture in your church.
The Importance of Giving Voice to Children
Posted on Monday, November 23rd, 2009
All children need to know that they can use their voice to effectively communicate their needs and navigate relationships. This is particularly important for adopted, foster and orphan children in order to help them develop trust and secure attachments.
In this brief video Dr. Purvis offers helpful insight about the importance of giving voice to children as well as some practical ways parents and caregivers can go about doing this.
The Connecting Link
Posted on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
We were made to connect – with each other, with creation and with our Creator. As a result, one of the greatest gifts that parents can give to their children is a strong and lasting sense of connection. In The Connecting Link: What Parents Need to Bring Healing to Their Children, delivered at the 2009 Tapestry Adoption & Foster Care Conference, Dr. Purvis focuses on this important topic.
In this talk, Dr. Purvis provides parents with a better understanding of why children from hard places use distancing strategies, and how they can help their children replace those strategies by giving them voice, empowering them to make choices and helping them rediscover their inherent preciousness. In addition, Dr. Purvis challenges parents to better understand what they bring to the relationship, and to look at their own past hurts and loss with honesty and forgiveness.
Empowered to Connect – Study Guide Introduction
Posted on Saturday, November 7th, 2009
We are continuing our work on the study guide entitled Empowered to Connect: A Christian Guide to The Connected Child. We hope to have the sudy guide complete and available later this fall, but in the meantime we wanted to provide you with a “sneak peak” by sharing the introduction to the study guide.