Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship 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).
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 51 minutes
- Episodes
- 746
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
What is it Really Like to Raise a Child with FASD
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.
How does prenatal exposure to alcohol damage the brain of the developing fetus? What type of behaviors are typical from children with…
How to Prepare Transracial Adoptees for Transitioning to College
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.
How can parents help their transracially adopted child transition to college and why can this transition be hard for both teen and pa…
The Connected Parent
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.
The next step in understanding Trust-Based Relational Intervention is the new book, The Connected Parent, by Dr. Karyn Purvis and Lis…
Adopting Siblings
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.
Adopting or fostering siblings presents advantages to both the children and parents, but also presents unique challenges that parents…
Adopting a Child with Down Syndrome
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.
Should you consider adopting a child with Down syndrome? What medical, behavioral, and emotional issues may accompany this genetic di…
How to Raise an Anti-Racist Child
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.
How can white parents raise anti-racist children in this time of violence against people of color and protests. We talk with Dr. Ann …
Home Insemination with Donor Sperm
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.
How does home insemination with donor sperm differ from intrauterine insemination? Who should consider this option and how do you do …
Kinship Adoption
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.
Kinship parenting provides both joy and challenges. Grandparents and other relatives raising their grandkids, nieces, nephews and cou…
Adopting Tweens and Teens
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.
Adopting tweens and teens brings special joys and challenges. We talk with Bryan Post, a Child Behavior and Adoption expert and found…
Impact of Covid-19 on Fertility Treatment and pregnancy
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.
What do we know about how Covid-19 affects infertility treatment and pregnancy. Are pregnant woman more at risk? What happens if the …
How to Do Connected Parenting While Quarantined
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.
How do we apply TBRI during this time of high stress caused by the coronavirus pandemic. We talk with Amanda Purvis, a training speci…
Using This Time of Shutdown to Develop Resiliency in Our Kids and Family
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.
How can we use this time of isolation to develop resiliency in our children, ourselves, and our family. We talk with Roxanne Thompson…
How to Juggle Kids, Schooling & Work During Coronavirus Shutdown
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.
Most of us are trying to juggle so much during this coronavirus shutdown: homeschooling, work, cooking, and so much more. How can we …
Things To Think About Before You Begin Treatment
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.
If you are having trouble getting pregnant, what are some things you should consider before starting infertility treatment. We talk w…
Homeschooling Kids (on top of everything else) During Coronavirus
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.
Are going a little crazy trying to be your child's teacher, as well as parent during the Coronavirus shutdown. Check out this intervi…
Surviving Being Cooped Up with Your Kids During Coronavirus Isolation
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.
Are you stressed trying to figure out how you are supposed to do it all now that we are in self-isolation due to the Coronavirus? How…
Panel of Young Adult Transracial Adoptees
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.
What is it like to be raised by parents of a different race. What can parents do to help their transracially adopted children. We tal…
Attachment 101
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.
What do we mean by attachment and what can parents do to help their child attach. What can parents do if they are struggling with att…
What is Happening with International Adoptees and the Citizenship Crisis?
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.
What is happening with international adoptees not having US Citizenship. What is being done to help them. We talk with Joy Alessi, Di…
The Chinese Medicine Approach to Infertility and Intimacy
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.
How to use Chinese medicine to treat infertility? How to use it to support a Western medical approach to treating infertility (such a…