Parenting
Parenting can be tough. For hope to help you rediscover the fun in parenting, watch the video, listen to one of the inspiring podcasts or download a booklet on parenting below.
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Nothing Normal: 12 Years of Foster Caring
Nothing Normal: 12 Years of Foster Caring Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a foster carer? ‘They say it takes a village to raise a child and it’s the same in foster care. Every child that’s come into our care, I know we’ve had a positive impact on, they’ve had good memories […]
Find Out MoreFoster Parenting
With 40,000 children in desperate need of care around Australia, foster care organisations around the country seek to provide hope for young and vulnerable children. Listen to Ann, a foster parent, and Margaret, a foster care placement worker with Lutheran Care in South Australia, as they share the unique struggles and joys that come with foster parenting.
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Bethany’s Story
How do you respond when doctors tell you your unborn child has complex heart issues? And when you discover your child will have ongoing special needs, what do you need to know about giving them the best chance at life? Listen as Jo and Luke share their story of caring for a child with a disability. Hear how they found hope when faced with challenges.
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Single Parenting: A Journey of Resilience and Faith
‘I didn’t know anyone who had been in that same situation of being a single mum while pregnant.’ ‘I was still overjoyed to be expecting but then also very nervous, and then also devastated at the loss of my marriage.’ Raising kids is NOT an easy job, let alone raising a child as a single parent. But what about becoming a single parent before your child is even born? Click here to listen to listen as Steph shares her story of resilience and faith in the through the challenges of single parenting.
Find Out MoreFathers and Daughters
Parenting a teenager isn’t easy and we often get it wrong. Listen as we talk with Matthew about father daughter relationships, and how dads try to find the balance between wanting to protect their daughters and empowering them towards independence. What happens when we, inevitably, mess up?
Find Out MoreSpecial Parenting
Have you ever doubted yourself as a parent and had to face feelings of guilt and regret at not being good enough? “When you’re a parent with a child with special needs you feel, well I felt like a bit of a failure as a parent. I’ll be honest there were times in the early days that I wished him out of our family because this is just too hard.” Listen this week as we talk with Kirra about some of the challenges she’s faced raising a son with Aspergers.
Find Out MoreBlended Families
Blended Families “It’s a funny thing when you join two families and two houses, you don’t mean to be, but you’re actually really quite threatened about trying to maintain territory. And I think we learned that we both had to give a lot more than 50 percent to make it work.” Parenting can be pretty […]
Find Out MoreYou’re Not Alone
This week Andrew and Sarah will talk about some of the unique struggles of single parenting, and how they coped with the loneliness of raising children on their own.
Find Out MoreFatherhood
This week Rob Schubert reflects on his experience of fatherhood, and on God, who reveals himself to us as a loving dad.
Find Out MoreSurviving School at Home
“I was at home with four children, homeschooling, a job I have never desired before. Suddenly I was faced with mum I need help, mum I'm hungry, mum I need this, mum I need that, and I'd be standing at the door going
enough already this is too hard.”
Finding ourselves in situations that are not of our choosing can be very stressful and overwhelming. Listen as Jo shares her struggles of home schooling during lockdown. How do you survive the extra challenges thrown at you without feeling like a failure?
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