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
Understanding and Preventing Miscarriage and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
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What causes miscarriage and recurrent pregnancy loss. What is the best treatment and what are the controversies in the diagnosing and…
Foster Care Adoption 101
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How do you adopt from foster care? What is the process, what is required, and how to begin? We talk with Kim Phagan-Hansel, managing …
How Nutrition and Lifestyle Impact PCOS
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How do nutrition and lifestyle impact Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome? What can patients do to improve their symptoms and fertility? We t…
Talking about Adoption at Different Ages
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How to talk with children about adoption at different ages and stages. Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, …
Coping with the Stress of Infertility
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What are some of the stresses of infertility and how can patients and couples cope. Why is the grief of infertility unique? We talk w…
Introduction to Domestic Infant Adoption
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What do you need to know if you are considering adopting a baby in the US? What is the process, how long does it take, how much does …
Intravaginal Culture: Should You Consider this "New" Fertility Treatment?
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How does intravaginal culture compare to IUI and IVF and who should consider this new fertility treatment? Our guest is Dr. John Park…
Adoption Scams-How to Recognize and Prevent
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What are adoptive scams and how can adoptive parents recognize them and protect themselves. What can adoptive parents do to make sure…
Helping Children Heal From Past Trauma and Loss
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How can we help our foster or adopted children heal from past trauma or loss. Our guest is Carol Lozier, a licensed clinical social w…
Open Adoption: Handling Difficult Birth Parent Situations
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Open adoption may be good for adopted children but it can present challenging situations and relationship dynamics that can be hard f…
Common Everyday Exposures That Can Impact Fertility and Pregnancy
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What products that we use and foods that we eat might be harming our fertility or might impact a pregnancy. What should women who are…
How to Create a Compelling Adoptive Parent Profile
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How to create a successful adoptive parent profile that will appeal to expectant moms making a decision on whether to place their bab…
Parenting Adopted Teens and Tweens
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Parenting adopted teens can be fun and challenging. What are some tips and tricks for parenting adopted teens and tweens? Host Dawn D…
IVF Didn't Work-Should I Try Again?
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If your 1st IVF cycle failed, should you try again? What are your odds of success with subsequent IVF cycles? Host Dawn Davenport, Ex…
How Sexual Health is Impacted During Fertility Treatment
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How does infertility and its treatment affect your sexual desire? What are the impacts of infertility and fertility treatment on sexu…
A Talk with Sesame Street about the New Foster Care Muppet
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We talk with Kama Einhorn, one of the creators of Karli, the new Sesame Street Muppet who is in foster care, about how they decided o…
Practical Solutions to Typical Food Issues with Adopted and Foster Kids
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Food issues are very common with adopted and foster children and are one of the most frequent concerns adoptive and foster parents ha…
Fun & Simple Ways to Develop Attachment
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We know that attachment is crucial for adopted and foster kids for their mental and physical health. What are some fun and simple way…
Infertility 101 for Husbands
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So often we think infertility only affects the woman, but the men are affected as well. We simply don’t focus on how they are affecte…
What Birth Moms Want Adoptive Parents to Know
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A panel of birth mothers talking about adoption from their perspective and answering questions from adoptive parents. What is it like…