Redeem Your Adoption JourneyIn this groundbreaking book, adoption advocates Betsy S. Kylstra, Lisa C. Qualls, and Jodi Jackson Tucker--an adoptee, a birth mother, and an adoptive mother--reveal that adoption is rooted in both loss and redemptive victory. And healing is needed by all in the adoption triad--adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents--to experience restoration and wholeness.In these pages you'll find the practical teaching, spiritual guidan...

There Is Hope for Every Child, Every Parent, and Every FamilyParenting under the best of circumstances can be difficult. And raising children who have come to your home from “hard places,” who have their own set of unique needs, brings even more challenges. You may have discovered that the techniques that worked with your birth children are not working with your adopted or foster child.Renowned child-development expert Dr. Karyn Purvis gives you practical a...

You Can Effectively Parent an Adopted or Foster ChildParenting under the best of circumstances is difficult, but because of their unique needs, raising children from hard places brings additional challenges. You might discover that traditional techniques that may have worked for you with your birth children are not working with your adopted or foster child.Renown child development expert Dr. Karyn Purvis will give you practical advice and powerful tools you...

Redeem Your Adoption JourneyIn this groundbreaking book, adoption advocates Betsy S. Kylstra, Lisa C. Qualls, and Jodi Jackson Tucker—an adoptee, a birth mother, and an adoptive mother—reveal that adoption is rooted in both loss and redemptive victory. And healing is needed by all in the adoption triad—adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents—to experience restoration and wholeness.In this book you'll find the practical teaching, spiritual guidance, an...

A practical roadmap for foster and adoptive familiesCaring for children is deeply important to the heart of God, and adoption and foster care are important callings that connect to God’s heart for children and families. But this road isn’t always easy. It’s important that foster and adoptive parents prepare to address their children’s history of trauma, separation, and disrupted placements, which can lead to mental health, emotional, and behavioral difficulties. It...