This Week's Program
Coping with a Drug Addicted Child
What do parents do when, despite trying to do everything right, find their child has become a drug addict? Terry and Linda did everything they knew to create a family built on faith, love, and Christian values. They were dismayed as they rode the ups and downs of a 15-year battle with their daughter’s addiction to heroin.
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Natalie Francisco
What I’ve come to realize in the rearing of my own daughters, as well as in conversations with other parents, is that it is our responsibility as Christian parents to be N.I.C.E., which is an acronym for providing nurture, instruction, correction and encouragement for our children. While being N.I.C.E. I’ve learned three valuable lessons.
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Finding Hope in Recovery DVD Preview
Preview a 4-minute clip from Finding Hope in Recovery.
Featuring Terry and Linda Derstine from today’s show and many more.
Natalie Francisco
This week's "My Turn" speaker
Related Resources
Don’t Let Your Kids Kill You: A Guide for Parents of Drug and Alcohol Addicted Children, by Charles Rubin
The Enabler: When Helping Hurts the Ones You Love, by Angelyn Miller
Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children: Six Steps to Hope and Healing for Struggling Parents, by Allison Bottke
How to Raise a Drug-Free Kid: The Straight Dope for Parents, by Joseph A. Califano Jr.
Raising Drug-Free Kids: 100 Tips for Parents, by Aletha Solter
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Next Week
The average person spends 18 years caring for a dependent parent says next week's guest on Shaping Families, Stella Henry. Stella says it's not a matter of if but when most of us will be involved in caring for an aging parent and shares some of her advice on the options adult children have in that care.
Favorite Family Recipes
Homemade Vegetable Beef Soup
As we head into fall, soup becomes an option for mealtime once again. Producer Melodie Davis offers a homemade vegetable beef soup and suggested frozen or canned vegetables, but you can also use up the end of garden vegetables in this tasty dish.
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