This edition of Footsteps focuses on the family. It looks at issues such as marriage, child health, discipline and care for children, and shares practical ideas on playing with babies and young children. It also discusses child-to-child initiatives that mobilise young people to help provide care and support for orphans and vulnerable children in their community.
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Family life – Footsteps 72
Helping to build strong and healthy families
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In this issue
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Articles A home for the homeless
Casa Filadélfia (CAF) is a Christian organisation in São Paulo, Brazil, that supports children, adolescents and families living with or affected by HIV
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Bible studies Bible study: Fatherhood
Jesus taught us all to call God our father
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Articles Big brothers and sisters
Big Brothers and Sisters of Cambodio (BBSC) provides a simple but powerful way for Christian youth in Cambodia to be ‘big brother’ or ‘big sister’ to an orphan or child at risk in their own community
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Articles Disciplining children
Attitudes to disciplining children may vary in different cultures
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Articles Early child care
The care and attention a child receives in the first five years of life will influence a child’s whole development
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Articles Farewell from Isabel
A note from the former Footsteps editor, Isabel Carter
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Articles Marriage
A successful relationship must be mutual, and bring benefit to both husband and wife
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Articles Playing with babies and young children
Children play because it is fun, but play is also key to their learning and development
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Articles Status of women in India
In India there are women political leaders, astronauts, athletes and writers, who are role models for young women. But poverty and social inequalities still prevent many women from fulfilling their potential
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Articles The role of the father
The subject of fatherhood is often neglected. Both parents should be actively involved in bringing up their children
