41

Build Strong Children Than Repair Broken Men

“It’s easier to build strong children than repair broken men.” – Frederick Douglas

This statement is so true and we see it everyday in our work. Children start off with a light and innocence that comes natural to them. Over time we see life experiences can dim that light and taint their innocence.

As parents and community leaders it is our job to protect our children but sometimes due to our trauma and or life experiences we can cause unintended brokenness in our children we are trying to protect them from.

The beautiful thing is we can always make adjustments and improve as parents and community leaders.

The goal is to equip and empower our young people while they’re young so when they become adults they’re in better emotional, mental, spiritual, financial, and or physical positions than we are in.

We were never meant to do all that is required alone. The Yunion loves supporting youth and families. If you have a young person that needs support or knows a family that has a young person that needs support please feel free to contact us. (313) 870-9771 or theyunion.org

Parents, Just Because You’re Strong, Doesn’t Mean The Weight Isn’t Heavy!

November 16, 2022

๐๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ€™๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ , ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐š๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ฒ!โฃ โฃ This video is a highlight of one of the Cave of Adullam recruits and his father. In this session, the student was shown how the things he does in school, at home, and…

Read More

Tips To Help Your Child Open Up And Feel A Little Less Isolated

November 15, 2022

Parents, we know that raising a family can be hard. Raising an introverted child in this extroverted world can be even more difficult! Know that nothing is wrong with your child, they just view and interact with the world differently. โฃ โฃ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ…

Read More

Cave of Adullam Documentary Premiere

November 11, 2022

A little highlight reel of our Cave of Adullam documentary premiere from a couple weeks ago! ๐Ÿฟ This was so fun, we are so grateful to everyone who was able to attend and celebrate these young men! We also want to give a very special…

Read More

The Film Highlights The Impactful Work

November 10, 2022

โ€œ๐˜๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ตโ€ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ตโ€ – Sharath Jason Wilsonโฃ โฃ Watch The Cave of Adullam documentary on ESPN+! The film highlights the impactful work our CEO and Founder Mr. Jason is doing…

Read More

โ€œBack 2 Basicsโ€!

November 9, 2022

Our Annual Staff Retreat a few weekends ago was EPIC! ๐ŸŽ‰ โฃโฃ โฃโฃ Our theme this year was โ€œBack 2 Basicsโ€! During our 2 day retreat, we had our staff revisit the mission and vision of our organization. In doing so, we were able to…

Read More

Apologizing Is One Of The Noblest Acts A Parent Can Perform

November 5, 2022

Parents, although sometimes we may hate to admit we were in the wrong, apologizing is one of the noblest acts a parent can perform. ๐Ÿ‘ It requires humility, and acknowledgment that we did something wrong. Apologizing is a sign of strength, not a sign of…

Read More

Make Family Time A Priority!

November 4, 2022

๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ! ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆโฃ โฃ This means, put down the phone, gather everyone together, and create some fun, meaningful memories! ๐Ÿ‘โฃ โฃ Making time to connect with family usually requires a bit of planning, and sometimes even a bit of money, but the…

Read More

1 In 4 High School Students Vape Or Use E-Cigarettes Daily

November 2, 2022

Hey parents, did you knowโ€ฆ? ๐Ÿค”โฃ โฃ ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ’ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐š๐ฉ๐ž ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ž-๐œ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ. โฃ โฃ In 2021, 11.3% (1.72 million) of high school students and 2.8% (320,000) of middle school students reported current e-cigarette use. Among current e-cigarette users, 43.6%…

Read More

There Is No Such Thing As A Perfect Parent. So Just Be A Real One.

November 1, 2022

“๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต. ๐˜š๐˜ฐ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ.” ๐Ÿ”นParents, you don’t have to be perfect. Your child just needs you to be honest and authentic. As parents, it’s ok to give ourselves the green light to make mistakes…

Read More

Five Things You Can Do To Help Parent Your Teenage Son!

October 29, 2022

Wondering how to deal with your teenage son? ๐Ÿคฃโฃ โฃ Raising boys isnโ€™t always easy. It requires patience, empathy, and compassion. Not to mention, teenage boy behavior can be particularly challenging!โฃ โฃ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ!๐Ÿ‘‡โฃ…

Read More

Our Flagship Program

October 28, 2022

Hey parents! Fall is here and itโ€™s one of our favorite times of year, because we start implementing our SWAG program for the school year! ๐Ÿ™Œ ๐˜š๐˜ž๐˜ˆ๐˜Ž (๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด & ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด) ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐Ÿท,๐Ÿถ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿถ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ…

Read More

Wellness Wednesdays – Mental Health Awareness Training | Facilitated by Caleb’s Kids

October 27, 2022
Read More

The Cave Of Adullam Documentary

October 27, 2022

It was really encouraging to see our work in The Cave of Adullam Transformational Training Academy highlighted on Monday Night Football! You can watch The Cave of Adullam documentary NOW on @ESPN Plus! Thank you for your unwavering support and please continue to spread the…

Read More

Most Of What Shapes Our Children Is Nurture, Not Nature

October 26, 2022

๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ. โฃโฃ โฃโฃ Yes, there are some things that come from nature that we cannot protect them from, but most of who they are and how they grow comes from us as parents. We are…

Read More

Almost All Young People See Bullying Happen At Some Point

October 25, 2022

๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐโ€ฆ? ๐Ÿค”โฃ โฃ Almost all kids see bullying happen at some point. They may not be getting bullied nor the ones doing the bullying, but witnesses are just as important. Their reactions can have a direct impact on the situation.โฃ โฃ A bystander…

Read More

Let Them Have Fun And Use Their Imaginations

October 22, 2022

Parents, we know sometimes our kids can have a false sense of confidence and think they can doโ€ฆ literally anything. ๐Ÿคฃ But, itโ€™s our job as parents to help them be realistic with some of their expectations or assumptions. Our kids need honesty, if we…

Read More

Blog Categories

SEARCH THIS BLOG: