The foster and adoption parenting journey is hard, messy, and sometimes exhausting. But in-spite of the hardships, it’s also a journey filled with stories of beauty, hope, and resiliency.
For as advanced as medical science is in the 21st Century, there are still misunderstandings, and stigmas, surrounding prenatal drug and alcohol exposure. Fortunately, there are voices sharing the truth.
It’s Part 3 of our new series called Becoming Pro-Human. In this edition, we are taking a closer look at our own mental health as caregivers, and discussing honestly how we can better care for ourselves.
In case you weren’t aware, we are raising human beings who are going to grow to think, believe, and identify the way they choose. We can either accept that or resist that. There is no in-between.
What if we began to look at the human experience in a different light, or through a different lens? What if we entered into a different discussion than those we see and hear all the time?
You set the guidelines, house rules, and boundaries only too turn around and find your child disregarding them. It can be maddening. But what if we told you their disregard may not be a matter of “won’t” but “can’t?”
More important than that, what can you do when that happens, and how can you respond in a way that builds connection and trust?
Some of our children have gone through some really tough circumstances early in their lives. It can bring us to tears to even think about the darkness they walked through.
It’s not something we talk about often on this journey. Birth parents and adoptive parents supporting one another and working together. Yet, this is extremely vital to the well-being of our children. That’s why you need to listen to this episode with Ashley Mitchell.
“You’re just spoiling that child! What he needs is discipline.” Have you ever heard that before? Probably so. What the world does not understand about the way we parent, is that we are working on a bigger picture with our child.
