Honoring Caregivers // Wise Short-term Missions
PRINCIPLES OF GOOD PRACTICE TO HONOR CAREGIVERS • Learn what best supports parents and caregivers by asking them before the team arrives. • Spotlight the parent or primary caregiver as the hero in a child’s life, and be willing to take a supporting role. • Interact with children only with the approval of parents or primary caregivers who have the ability to decline or set limits on child interaction with trip participants. • Honor the role of parents/caregivers in the way you give. Gifts should be given only under the guidance of -and typically through- parents and primary caregivers, taking great care to reinforce their role as providers.