As a second mom, whether you’ve adopted or stepped into the role of motherhood, you know the heart and effort you pour into nurturing your child or teen.
You meticulously plan, pray over your strategies, and practice every form of parenting wisdom you’ve found.
You strive to be beneficial without triggering, functional without causing division, and helpful without being invasive.
Yet, despite these fervent efforts…
You meticulously plan, pray over your strategies, and practice every form of parenting wisdom you’ve found.
You strive to be beneficial without triggering, functional without causing division, and helpful without being invasive.
Yet, despite these fervent efforts…
…there are days when everything seems to fall apart
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One cultural myth that is very prevalent today is that parents must affirm sinful & harmful lifestyle choices that run contrary to God’s laws, or we cause our children terrible harm — like feelings of shame, rejection, fear, insecurity, and to generally feel bad about themselves leading to all kinds of problems for them.
It is presumed that parents are unkind and unloving if we do not also embrace and adopt these choices.
As an experienced adoptive mom and a life coach for Christian adoptive mothers, I recognize the added challenges that our families face. The journey of adoption is both beautiful and complex, and with it can come extraordinary stress that impacts every member of the household.
Yet, as believers and followers of Jesus Christ, we have a profound source of strength and guidance in our faith. Today, we’ll explore a trauma-informed, biblically-centered approach to understanding and managing stress in adoptive families.
