By: Michael Monroe
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
“Who are you?” I remember thinking this unthinkable thought as I looked into the face of my young son only a few years into our life together as an adoptive family. He did not share my DNA but he was every bit ‘mine.’ Yet while we were both made in the image of the same God, I was becoming aware that we were two very different reflections.
In that moment I began to be confronted by much of what I had brought into the journey of adoptive parenting – most significantly my expectations about my child and how this journey would unfold. In reality I hardly knew my son, still that did not stop me from creating expectations about the things he would like and how he would act and think. On top of that, I expected that the adoption path God had led us down would be relatively easy and straightforward once we were home. I convinced myself that adoption was little more than a historical fact of how we came to be, rather than an ongoing reality of the journey that lay ahead.
Tags: Adoption Preparation, Being Fully Present, Compassion, Especially for Dads, Motivations and Expectations
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By: Dr. Karyn Purvis, Michael Monroe
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Watch as Dr. Karyn Purvis and Michael Monroe talk about the importance of meeting your child’s needs with an appropriate balance of nurture and structure in order to prepare them for success later in life.
Tags: 10 Common Questions Series, Balance of Nurture & Structure, Behavioral Challenges, Compassion, Connecting While Correcting, Discipline, Especially for Dads, Giving Voice, Older Children, Teaching Life Values
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By: Michael Monroe
Monday, July 16, 2012
Trust-based parenting was developed by Dr. Karyn Purvis and focuses on the parent-child relationship. However, the principles and strategies that it teaches are no less effective when applied to other relationships — most importantly the marriage relationship.
Watch as Michael Monroe explains how trust-based parenting can positively impact your marriage to bring about greater connection througout your family.
Tags: Adoption & Marriage, Attachment, Especially for Dads, Giving Voice
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By: Michael Monroe
Monday, May 14, 2012
Watch as Michael Monroe talks about the need for adoptive dads to partner with their wives to work together as they lead their children toward hope and healing.
Tags: Adoption & Marriage, Behavioral Challenges, Connecting While Correcting, Discipline, Especially for Dads, Investment Model of Parenting, Talking with Childen
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