Join cohosts Lynette Ezell and Tera Melber as they converse with Anna Palmer, executive director of Crossroads NOLA, about the work the organization is doing to inform parents on practical strategies for parenting children from hard places. Learn more about trauma informed parenting in part one of this two-part series with Anna Palmer.

Check out Crossroads NOLA at www.crossroadsnola.org.

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In the second episode of this two-part series, co-hosts Lynette Ezell and Tera Melber welcome back Colleen Riddle, director of Foster Care Ministries for the Florida Baptist Homes for Children, to discuss parenting traumatized teenagers. Discover best practices when parenting a traumatized teen in this special two-part series with Colleen Riddle.

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Trust Based Relational Intervention

Join Lynette Ezell and Tera Melber as they host special guest, Colleen Riddle for the first episode in this two-part series about adopting teenagers from foster care. Colleen is the director of Foster Care Ministries for Florida Baptist Homes for Children and has personally experienced teen adoption from foster care; Colleen and her husband, Shane, have three children—two of whom were adopted from foster care.

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Trust Based Relational Intervention

In this special episode, co-hosts Lynette Ezell and Tera Melber unpack the power of the first few days at home with a foster or adopted child. Those moments can be wonderful and they can be challenging. Join Lynette and Tera as they discuss how to “stay in your lane” and simplify your life in order to promote attachment with your new child.

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Attachment in Adoption: Practical Tools for Today’s Parents

Co-hosts Lynette Ezell and Tera Melber discuss with special guest, Sharon Miles, her story of adoption. Sharon and her family of four went to China for a mission trip where they worked in an orphanage without running water. Discover how God turned Sharon’s life upside down and broke her heart for His invisible children in China while leading her family to adopt an older sibling group.

Learn more about how you can get involved with adoption and foster care at SendRelief.org.