How to take back your family’s Christmas
From an article by Happy Families
This Christmas, choose gratitude, forgiveness, service, and connection. This Christmas, choose joy. 7 strategies to beat the Christmas Grinch. 1. Create Some Structure. 2. Practice Acceptance. 3. Craft Your Joy...
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A mother’s answered prayer
From an article by The Salvation Army
At 16, Cindy started dating a young man and found herself pregnant. After months of painful decision making, she decided that adoption was the best route. Her son Tom was born and she held him for four days and prayed..
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The first 1001 days
From infographics by the Parent Infant Foundation
Children’s development in the early years sets them on a positive trajectory. Children’s development at just 22 months has been shown to predict their qualifications at 26 years.
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What is family?
From research by the Australian Institute of Famil
Cultures, values, social expectations, laws have changed over time and vary from place to place. In research, love and unconditional non-judgemental support had universal agreement as being important, but what about legal and blood ties?
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A curious lawyer’s journey to justice
From a video by ACE-Aware Scotland
I watched a one-hour film called 'Resilience'. It was all about childhood trauma. I watched and thought, "I've been a lawyer for 25 years and I didn't understand any of my clients".
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A Hidden Sentence
From a video for the charity North East Prison Aft
A video created by young people impacted by having a parent in prison. "Police came to the house. My dad was stood with handcuffs. I got put out by mum and went up the street crying."
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The expectation of fatherhood as a vocation
From an article by the Institute of Family Studies
Without an involved father, the family cannot approach the perfection of which it is capable. We must do everything in our power to recapture, reignite, and recommit to the expectation of fatherhood as a vocation, a calling in life.
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Online - Strengthening families & promoting resilience to protect children
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This is a two-session online multi-disciplinary interactive training course that will support practitioners to:
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promote healthy family functioning
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develop effective approaches to manage conflict and dysfunction in family life
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develop support networking for families.
Course participants will receive a copy of the Working with families guide by Carol Jolliffe. The co-trainer is Stephen Pizzey. Carol and Stephen are both directors of Child and Family Training.
Training sessions:
28 April 2025, 10.00 am – 12.30 pm (UK time) – Session 1: Promoting healthy family functioning, family communication and problem-solving skills.
29 April 2025, 10.00 am – 12.30 pm (UK time) – Session 2: Techniques to manage conflict and dysfunction in family life, and support networking for families.
28/04/2025
10:00
In-Person - ThinkQ Summit - Nashville
@Music City Center & Downtown Nashville, USA
The Intersection of Church & Culture. Reimagine the future and bring meaningful change across all channels of culture; Arts & Entertainment, Business, Church, Education, Government, Media, Science & Technology, Marriage & Family, Non-Profit.
With your leadership in mind, ThinkQ has curated top culture, church and industry keynote experts from all eight channels of culture to address the most critical issues of our time. Choose from 9- and 18-minute keynotes and dynamic workshop moments to engage contemporary topics with biblical faithfulness.
02/10/2025
10:00