Parenting • Grief and loss Coming together as a family over the loss of a pet Rather than swallowing our grief and pretending it wasn’t real, we embraced each other as well as our loss. Article
Parenting • Grief and loss When a loved one dies: Understanding grief in children Without understanding, we can mistakenly conclude a child is indifferent to the loved one’s death, or is inconvenient... Article
Parenting • Grief and loss Helping children grieve for a loved one As difficult as this time may be for you, what you model for your children now is very important. It will very likely... Article
Parenting • Life Challenges Overcoming the shame of abortion Knowing it was a Christian organization, she was reluctant at first, fearing judgment. Instead, she found a place of ... Article
Parenting • Miscarriage How sharing our loss helped us grieve Usually social media just presents the happy things in life – but this is our reality; this is real life. And our bab... Article
Parenting • Miscarriage How to begin healing after a miscarriage The pain and grief suffered by moms and dads who have lost babies to miscarriage is just as real as the grief of thos... Article
Parenting • Miscarriage Understanding miscarriage The physical and emotional pain of miscarriage make a woman more dependent on family and friends. It's helpful if she... Article
Parenting • Grief (loss of spouse) Dos and don'ts of helping a teen after a breakup How can you promote healing? While you can’t guard your teen from a broken heart, you can help her move from rejectio... Article
Parenting • Marriage Mourning in marriage after the loss of a child Where does a couple begin? How can two grieving hearts find comfort in each other? Is divorce inevitable after a fami... Article
Parenting • Grief and loss The grief of watching kids outgrow their childhood Sometimes it feels like a low-grade grief – not the overwhelming kind you get when you lose someone for good – but th... Article
Parenting • Special needs How to cope when your child is born with a disability What do you do with the swell of emotion? How do you handle the news and still operate as a good parent of a newborn?... Article
Parenting • Anxiety Q&A: Helping children cope after traumatic events Helping kids recover from the emotional impact of natural disasters and sudden trauma. Article
Parenting • Grief and loss Q&A: Should children visit terminally ill relatives? Be honest with the kids about what’s happening. Use age-appropriate language to explain that great-grandma is very, v... Article
Parenting • Grief and loss Q&A: Talking to your school-age child about a classmate's suicide A school-age boy in our community recently took his own life. How can I talk to my own grade-school children about this? Article
Parenting • Life Challenges Finding purpose after a teen's suicide How a mom who was grieving her son's suicide helped her other children, and her son's friends, process their grief. Article
Parenting • Stress Wrestling with your emotions when your child is hurting I have learned to take great comfort in the assurance that God is the first parent . . . he understands my pain and t... Article