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
- 745
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Who Should We Tell About a Match With an Expectant Mom? - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: My husband and I started the adoption process a few months ago and we just matched with an expectant mom. We are obviously …
Parenting Kids with Prenatal Exposure
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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 …
Is It Harder for Singles to Adopt? - Weekend Wisdom
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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 mat…
Impact of Prenatal Exposure to Opioids and Opioid-Use Treatment Medications
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Are you considering adopting or fostering a child who was exposed prenatally to opioids or opioid-use treatment medication, such as B…
Both My Parents Were Transracially Adopted - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: Can you talk about how being transracially adopted effects how adoptee’s children were raised? Both of my parents were tran…
Taming Sibling Squabbles
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Do your kids fight? Does it drive you crazy. Join us to learn some helpful tips for handling sibling rivalry and fighting. Our guest …
Trauma and the Teen Years
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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 o…
Partnering With Relatives for Kinship Care
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Why is kinship care important, and what are some of the challenges? Our guests are Gregory Jones, a granddad raising five grandkids f…
What Do I Call My Child's Birth Mother? - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: My husband and I are in the process of growing our family through adoption. It would be a domestic infant adoption, and we …
When Birth Parents Struggle with Addiction, Mental Health, or Intellectual Disabilities
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Are your child's birth parents struggling with addiction, mental illness, or intellectual disability? If so, join us for this discuss…
When Do I Tell My Child They Have Birth Siblings? - Weekend Wisdom
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I have been listening to your podcast and supporting your mission for several years. We adopted our daughter at birth through an open…
Adopting Siblings: Issues to Consider
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Are you considering adopting a sibling group? Join us for this interview with Deborah Bass Artis, MSW and Senior Program Director of …
My Child Tells Others We Aren't Meeting Her Basic Needs - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: I have a daughter who has dealt with trauma from consistent experiences of neglect and abandonment. While our home is lovin…
Help, I Don't Think I Can Continue With This Adoption!
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Are you really struggling with your adoption and feeling you've made a huge mistake? Listen to this interview with Lindsay Lanham, MS…
Coping with Stillbirth After Adoption Match - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: I've been an adoption social worker for almost seven years and just experienced my 2nd situation where the birth mother in …
Evaluating Risk Factors in Domestic Adoption
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Are you thinking about adopting a baby? Are you worried about what risk factors exist that you should know about? Join us to talk abo…
How to Connect with Birth Mom with Mental Illness? - Weekend Wisdom
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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 w…
Courage & Resilience: A Foster Child's Story of Success
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How do some kids survive a life of poverty, homelessness, abuse, and foster care and eventually thrive? We talk about courage & resil…
Can a Non-Native Family Adopt an Indian Child? - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: This was a question from someone in South Dakota. She says, "I haven't listened to all your back episodes, but can you addr…
Legal Process of Domestic Adoption: What You Need to Know Before You Adopt
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Are you considering adopting a baby? To understand what is involved legally, listen to this podcast with James Fletcher Thompson, a S…