53. Adoptive Parents Role in the Adoptive Community with Ashley Mitchell (BigToughGirl)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker and TBRI Practitioner, Kwajera Jackson breaks down what TBRI is and why its so important when parenting children from hard places. She shares her expertise about how TB...

6 Mar 201823min

Backyard Orphans trains Church leaders to develop a foster care, adoption, and support ministry. Founder and President of Backyard Orphans, Eric Porter discusses why the church should be leading the w...

26 Feb 201834min

MaryCarol Skaggs continues discussing older child attachment in this 2 part episode. We discuss teaching your children how and when to tell their story, advocating for them in their schools and incorp...

20 Feb 201821min

In this 2 part episode, MaryCarol Skaggs shares her personal story of adopting 4 older children from Colombia. She shares practical ways to build trust, work through language barriers, parenting teens...

19 Feb 201821min

Tammy Folkerts, Safe Families Maryland Outreach Coordinator, shares how Safe Families works, why it is so crucially needed and how you can get involved. Safe Families for Children is a movement fueled...

13 Feb 201820min

Tammy Folkerts, Safe Families Maryland Outreach Coordinator, shares how Safe Families works, why it is so crucially needed and how you can get involved. Safe Families for Children is a movement fueled...

12 Feb 201819min

Kandace tells her personal adoption story. She walks through every aspect of her Korean adoption - the orphan need in Korea, timeline, referral, going to court and an inside look at bonding in the fir...

4 Feb 201829min

Melanie Lane shares foster parenting encouragement from a Christian perspective. Kandace and Melanie dive into the issues of: getting attached, fostering while in ministry, counseling and support, and...

3 Feb 201831min