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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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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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46:32

Impact of Prenatal Exposure to Opioids and Opioid-Use...

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

2025/04/09

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Are you considering adopting or fostering a child who was exposed prenatally to opioids or opioid-use treatment medication, such as Buprenorphine, methadone, and Suboxone? Are you a grandparent or aunt raising a child who was exposed? Join our discussion with Dr. Jennifer McAllister, the Medical Director of the NOWS Follow-Up Clinic at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and the Medical Director of the University of ...

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5:57

Both My Parents Were Transracially Adopted - Weekend...

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

2025/04/05

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: Can you talk about how being transracially adopted effects how adoptee’s children were raised? Both of my parents were transracially adopted and I don’t feel like there’s anyone else who can share this unique experience and I just want to understand better. Resources: Generational Impacts of AdoptionRaising a Child Through Transracial Adoption (Resource page)Suggested Books for Adults on Transracial AdoptionSupport t...

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55:19

Taming Sibling Squabbles

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

2025/04/02

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Do your kids fight? Does it drive you crazy. Join us to learn some helpful tips for handling sibling rivalry and fighting. Our guest is Dr. Laura Markham, a clinical psychologist and author of several books, including Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids and Peaceful Parent, Happy Siblings: How To Stop the Fighting and Raise Friends for Life. In this episode, we discuss: Why do siblings squabble?How is sibling rivalry and sibling fight...

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11:30

Trauma and the Teen Years

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

2025/03/29

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: I wish I had known what to expect when a child with trauma hit the teen years. Maybe a book suggestion of what to expect or resources on what may show up and how to handle it. Puberty and the teen years have hit our family HARD. I also notice other families with adopted children going through the same or similar things. ~Rebecca from Kansas Resources: Therapy Resources for Adoptive, Foster, and Kinship Families...

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52:55

Partnering With Relatives for Kinship Care

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

2025/03/26

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Why is kinship care important, and what are some of the challenges? Our guests are Gregory Jones, a granddad raising five grandkids from birth to now ranging in age from 9 to 12; Ana Beltran, an attorney, and director of the Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network: A National Technical Assistance Center; and Erica Burgess, a social worker with over 25 years of experience in child welfare, specializing in kinship care. In t...

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6:34

What Do I Call My Child's Birth Mother? - Weekend Wisdom

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

2025/03/22

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: My husband and I are in the process of growing our family through adoption. It would be a domestic infant adoption, and we are hoping to cultivate a long-term relationship with the future baby’s birth family. I noticed that whenever I feel hesitation when thinking about openness, I can bring myself back down to earth by recognizing that any hesitation results from making things about ME, not the baby or birth family....

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51:35

When Birth Parents Struggle with Addiction, Mental...

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

2025/03/19

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Are your child's birth parents struggling with addiction, mental illness, or intellectual disability? If so, join us for this discussion with Teresa Bradley, a psychotherapist with over 17 years of experience in addiction counseling and mental health. She is a Master Addiction Counselor, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapist, and clinical trainer at Amerigroup. In this episode, we discuss: Substance Abuse Disorders Wha...

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5:23

When Do I Tell My Child They Have Birth Siblings? -...

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

2025/03/15

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. I have been listening to your podcast and supporting your mission for several years. We adopted our daughter at birth through an open adoption. We began caring for her on day two; she is now 9 years old. She knows she is adopted and has seen photos of her biological parents. Her parents had problems with addiction and the law. We only tell her, “They were not able to care for you.” She has not yet asked questions about her bio...

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50:24

Adopting Siblings: Issues to Consider

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

2025/03/12

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Are you considering adopting a sibling group? Join us for this interview with Deborah Bass Artis, MSW and Senior Program Director of Foster Care to Permanency with Children’s Home Society of NC. In this episode, we discuss: Why is it important to keep siblings together when placed for foster care or adoption?Advantages to adopting siblings.Special issues to considerThinking About Adopting a Sibling Group? Things to Consider Fi...

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7:33

My Child Tells Others We Aren't Meeting Her Basic...

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

2025/03/08

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: I have a daughter who has dealt with trauma from consistent experiences of neglect and abandonment. While our home is loving and supportive, she continues to exhibit a victim mentality and has a hard time taking responsibility for her actions. She's a sweet girl, but she makes comments to others that insinuate she is not having her most basic needs met, which is simply not the case. How can we help her, and how shoul...

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44:32

Help, I Don't Think I Can Continue With This Adoption!

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

2025/03/05

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Are you really struggling with your adoption and feeling you've made a huge mistake? Listen to this interview with Lindsay Lanham, MSW. She works at Holt International and is the author of the online article “Predictors of Adoption Disruption and Dissolution: A Literature Review.” In this episode, we cover: Difference between an adoption disruption and adoption dissolution. What causes an adoption to fail? What causes par...

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7:00

Coping with Stillbirth After Adoption Match - Weekend...

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

2025/03/01

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: I've been an adoption social worker for almost seven years and just experienced my 2nd situation where the birth mother in a match had a stillbirth after selecting a family through our agency. Both situations were such a difficult loss for both parties. I'm curious if you've heard of others who experienced this unusually tragic type of loss during adoption. I'm not sure how common it is, especially given the rat...

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64:46

Evaluating Risk Factors in Domestic Adoption

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

2025/02/26

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Are you thinking about adopting a baby? Are you worried about what risk factors exist that you should know about? Join us to talk about these issues with Dr. Lindsay Terrell, a pediatrician at Duke University Medical Center and an Assistant Professor in their Department of Pediatrics. And James Fletcher Thompson, a South Carolina attorney with extensive experience in adoption. In this episode, we discuss: Lack of prenata...

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11:12

How to Connect with Birth Mom with Mental Illness? -...

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

2025/02/22

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: I've been listening to your podcast for a few years! Our 10-year-old kinship adopted daughter has lived with us since she was 2 months old. For a variety of reasons, there hasn't been any in-person visits or phone calls with her birth mom (my sister). Communication has been limited to holiday/birthday cards and gifts. My sister has schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. Because she has been stable on her medicati...

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52:50

Courage & Resilience: A Foster Child's Story of Success

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

2025/02/19

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. How do some kids survive a life of poverty, homelessness, abuse, and foster care and eventually thrive? We talk about courage & resilience with David Ambroz who is a national poverty and child welfare expert and advocate and the author of the memoir, A Place Called Home. He was recognized by President Obama as an American Champion of Change. Currently serving as the Head of Community Engagement (West) for Amazon, Ambroz pr...

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5:19

Can a Non-Native Family Adopt an Indian Child? -...

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

2025/02/15

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: This was a question from someone in South Dakota. She says, "I haven't listened to all your back episodes, but can you address ICWA, the Indian Child Welfare Act, as it pertains to adoption? I live in a state where the majority of children in foster care are Native Americans, and ICWA, the Indian Child Welfare Act, is confusing and divisive. At the end of the day, I just want the children I care for to be safe. I und...

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54:08

Legal Process of Domestic Adoption: What You Need to...

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

2025/02/12

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Are you considering adopting a baby? To understand what is involved legally, listen to this podcast with James Fletcher Thompson, a South Carolina attorney with extensive experience in adoption. In this episode, we discuss: What are some of the differences in domestic infant adoption? Agency and independent (direct placement) adoptions.Relative adoptions. (grandparents, aunt/uncles, step-parent).Infants or young chi...

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6:29

Should We Move to Another Country and Leave Our...

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

2025/02/08

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: My husband and I have two adopted twin boys who are 8 months old, and we've had them since birth. We've been on the fence for years about a big move outside of the country, but we're currently leaning towards leaving. My husband and, by extension, our kids have dual nationality with the country we'd go to. Thankfully, I'm also allowed to tag along. We currently live near a large family and support network from both ...

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53:17

Adopting Older Children

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

2025/02/05

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Are you considering adopting a child over the age of 5? Join our discussion with Dr. Stephanie Bosco-Ruggiero. She has a PhD in Social Work from Fordham University and is co-author of the book Adopting Older Children: A Practical Guide to Adopting and Parenting Children Over Age Four. In this episode, we talk about: The greatest need in both foster care adoption and international adoption is to adopt kids 5 and older. Ad...

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