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Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care

Creating a Family

Are you thinking about adopting or fostering a child? Confused about all the options and wondering where to begin? Or are you an adoptive or foster parent or kinship caregiver trying to be the best parent possible to this precious child? This is the podcast for you! Every week, we interview leading experts for an hour, discussing the topics you care about in deciding whether to adopt/foster or how to be a better parent. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are the national

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56:57

How People of Faith Can Support Vulnerable Kids and...

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster &... ·

2025/06/18

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. How can we get people of faith more involved in helping vulnerable kids and families and supporting foster and kinship families? Join our discussion with Jason Johnson and Shmuly Yanklowitz. Pastor Johnson is with The Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO) and is both a foster and adoptive dad. Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz is the Founder & President of YATOM: The Jewish Foster & Adoption Network. Rabbi Yanklowitz has t...

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How Do I Handle Shocking Information My Child Shares...

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster &... ·

2025/06/14

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: I want to know how I can help my child/foster, or adoptee with issues that arise out of the blue. There are things that happen that you’re not aware of, and it just shocks you and throws you off. As an adult, it’s hard to know how to handle some of these things because you can make it worse for the child. Sometimes I feel like I need a therapist to help me navigate being a foster parent. Resources: Creating a Family ...

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47:17

Understanding Adoption: Voices From All Sides

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster &... ·

2025/06/11

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Join us to discuss how adoption looks and feels from all sides of the adoption triad. Our guests will be the authors Sara Easterly, Kelsey Vander Vliet Ranyard, and Lori Holden of their book, Adoption Unfiltered. In this episode, we discuss: Adoptee Perspective:23 adoptees contributed to this section of the book. What are some of the issues adoptees may face?Compliance and people-pleasingFantasy AttachmentsShameInterracia...

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How to Talk with Young Kids about Adoption - Weekend...

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster &... ·

2025/06/07

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: My wife and I adopted a newborn baby almost 3 years ago and we could not be happier. Now that he is getting a little older, he is talking and starting to understand things. My question is how can we best normalize his adoption with him? I know it is better for kids to grow up with everyone being open with him and his adoption so it feels like now is a good time to start. But I am not sure how to that with an al...

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54:56

The Adoption Home Study: Should You Be Nervous?

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster &... ·

2025/06/04

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Many prospective adoptive families feel anxious about the home study. Our guest, Sheila Kowit, is an adoption social worker with Adoptions From the Heart. She prepares home studies for both domestic infant and international adoptions. She explains what the process is like, what you can expect, and what you will learn in the home study process. In this episode, we discuss: What is an adoption home study?Is it possible to get on...

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9:52

Birthparents and Agency Lied About Drug Use - Weekend...

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster &... ·

2025/05/31

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: My husband and I had a swift match and placement in December. When we were presented with the case, all that was reported for drug use was smoking 12 cigarettes a day. After about a month of trying to get medical records from the hospital for my pediatrician, I discovered my baby’s meconium tested positive for meth. This lab test resulted on Monday, and we were released from the hospital the Friday before, so no one ...

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53:29

Raising a Biracial Child

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster &... ·

2025/05/28

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Are you raising a mixed-race child? Join our conversation with Nicole Doyley, a biracial woman raising biracial kids, and the author of What About the Children: 5 Values for Multiracial Families. Terminology: what is preferred-biracial, mixed race, multi-racial, mixed?Biracial includes Black/White, Black/Asian, White/Asian, Hispanic/Black, Indigenous/Black/Hispanic. In this interview, we are talking about mixed-race, but famil...

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10:11

Attachment Dance - Weekend Wisdom

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster &... ·

2025/05/24

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: For three months now, we’ve been fostering our 17-year-old son, with the intention of adopting. My question is regarding attachment. How can you tell if the child is setting up boundaries or testing you to see how hard you’ll pursue/run after them? Resources: Creating and Cultivating Attachment (Resource page)Helping a Child Heal from Trauma (Resource page)Transitioning a Child to Your Home (Resource page)Support the...

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46:16

How to Engage Kinship Caregivers

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster &... ·

2025/05/21

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Are you a professional working with kinship caregivers? You need to listen to this interview with Dr. Tyreasa Washington, is a nationally and internationally recognized scholar specializing in kinship care families (e.g., grandparents raising grandchildren). She is a Distinguished Senior Scholar for Child Welfare at Child Trends, the leading research organization in the United States focused solely on improving the lives of ch...

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9:43

Dealing with a Long Wait When Adopting - Weekend Wisdom

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster &... ·

2025/05/17

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: How can prospective parents manage their thoughts and emotions while waiting to be matched with a child (especially in cases where the waiting period is a long one)? Resources: Suggested Books for AdoptionCoping Mechanisms for the Waiting (Article)Creating a Family Online Support GroupSupport the show Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit...

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51:50

Evaluating Risk Factors in Foster Care Adoption

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster &... ·

2025/05/14

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Are you considering adopting from foster care or becoming a foster parent? Join us to discuss this topic with Dr. Lindsay Terrell, a pediatrician and Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Duke University Medical Center, as well as the Clinical Director of their Foster Care Clinic. She and her husband are licensed foster parents. In this episode, we discuss: The common risk factors that foster parents and those...

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4:13

What the Heck is Happening with the Adoption Tax...

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster &... ·

2025/05/10

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: On the 2025 Adoption Tax Credit Episode, it was mentioned that they thought this would possibly be the year it becomes refundable. Does that only apply to finalizations in 2025, or will it make previous adoptions (if within the 5-year tax credit range) refundable too? For example, an adoption finalized in 2023 but we haven’t used all of the tax credit available. Does the remaining amount become refundable, too? ~Okla...

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54:00

What's It Like When Your Parents Decide to Foster

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster &... ·

2025/05/07

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Are you considering fostering but are concerned about how it impacts the kids already living in your home? Join us for a conversation with Michelle Snyder, a foster, adoptive, and bio mom, and her son, Ben, to hear their stories of fostering and how it impacted their family. They are co-authors of Beyond Blood: How Being a Foster Brother Shattered My World and Rebuilt It. In this episode, we discuss: Ben - How old were you whe...

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12:15

De-escalation in the Heat of the Moment - Weekend Wisdom

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster &... ·

2025/05/03

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: How do I respond in the moment when my child is melting down, including physical or verbal aggression? Resources: Practical Tips to Help Your Kids Manage StressThe Ideal Response: How to Maintain Connection When Correcting Your ChildHow to Maintain Connection When Your Child Struggles with AngerSupport the show Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a nat...

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58:27

Embryo Donation / Embryo Adoption

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster &... ·

2025/04/30

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Have you thought about adopting a baby, but long for the experience of being pregnant, or want to control the intrauterine environment? Join us for this fascinating discussion about embryo donation/adoption with Dr. Craig Sweet with Embryo Donation International, Mark Mellinger with the National Embryo Donation Center, and Beth Button with the Snowflakes Embryo Adoption Program. In this episode, we discuss: The IVF process.Rem...

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5:14

Will I Get to Choose the Name of My Adopted Baby? -...

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster &... ·

2025/04/26

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: Is it important to keep a young child or baby’s birth-given name? How often, if ever, do expectant mothers let adopting parents name the baby in private adoptions? Resources: Understanding the Birth Parent's ExperienceOpen AdoptionCreating a Family Online Facebook Support GroupSupport the show Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit w...

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57:36

Raising Kids for a Lifelong Parent/Child Bond

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster &... ·

2025/04/23

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Do you want to raise kids who you will like and want to hang out with as adults? Listen to this interview with Dr. Ginsburg, a pediatrician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and professor of pediatrics at U Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine. He is the author of Lighthouse Parenting: Raising Your Child With Loving Guidance for a Lifelong Bond, and the founder of the Center for Parent and Teen Communication. In this episod...

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Who Should We Tell About a Match With an Expectant...

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster &... ·

2025/04/19

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: My husband and I started the adoption process a few months ago and we just matched with an expectant mom. We are obviously excited, but we also know that a lot can happen or change between now and her due date. My question is two fold. (1) Although a lot of people in our life know we are going through the adoption process, who should we tell beyond our immediate families? (2) I am a small business owner. Since we are...

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57:10

Parenting Kids with Prenatal Exposure

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster &... ·

2025/04/16

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Do you suspect (or know) that your child was exposed to alcohol or drugs during pregnancy? We discuss tips for how to best work with these children with Dr. Robin Gurwitch, a professor at Duke University’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and the Center for Child and Family Health. In this episode, we discuss: How does prenatal exposure to alcohol or drugs affect children at different ages?Oftentimes adoptive, ...

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4:32

Is It Harder for Singles to Adopt? - Weekend Wisdom

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster &... ·

2025/04/12

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: Hello, I am a single parent by choice and a hopeful adoptive parent. I've been working with an agency and waiting to be matched for a domestic infant adoption since this summer, and I haven't had much luck. I'm starting to wonder if expectant parents think single parents are not a good choice for their baby. In my profile book, I emphasize my financial stability and support of a network of family and friends, but is ...

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