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Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care
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 non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content: weekly podcasts, weekly articles, and resource pages on all aspects of family building at our website, CreatingAFamily.org. We also have an active presence on many social media platforms. Please like or follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).
Episodes
Trauma and the Teen Years
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Partnering With Relatives for Kinship Care
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What Do I Call My Child's Birth Mother? - Weekend Wisdom
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When Birth Parents Struggle with Addiction, Mental Health, or Intellectual Disabilities
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When Do I Tell My Child They Have Birth Siblings? - Weekend Wisdom
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Adopting Siblings: Issues to Consider
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My Child Tells Others We Aren't Meeting Her Basic Needs - Weekend Wisdom
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Help, I Don't Think I Can Continue With This Adoption!
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Coping with Stillbirth After Adoption Match - Weekend Wisdom
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Evaluating Risk Factors in Domestic Adoption
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How to Connect with Birth Mom with Mental Illness? - Weekend Wisdom
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Courage & Resilience: A Foster Child's Story of Success
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Can a Non-Native Family Adopt an Indian Child? - Weekend Wisdom
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Legal Process of Domestic Adoption: What You Need to Know Before You Adopt
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Should We Move to Another Country and Leave Our Extended Family? - Weekend Wisdom
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Adopting Older Children
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We Want to Adopt, but My Father-in-Law Has Terminal Cancer - Weekend Wisdom
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Adopting or Fostering a Child with Down Syndrome
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My Foster Son Was Put In a Dog Pen. How Do I Help Him Heal? - Weekend Wisdom
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What Foster Care Alumni Want You to Know
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How to Balance Giving Kids Structure and Control - Weekend Wisdom
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Adoption Tax Credit 2024
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Should We Adopt Again? - Weekend Wisdom
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How to Adopt in 2025
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Should I Foster a Younger Child or Teen First? - Weekend Wisdom
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