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
Making the Decision to Become an "Older" Mom
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Host Dawn Davenport, Exec. Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interv…
Infertility Treatment and Breast/Ovarian Cancer
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Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, in…
Making Sure Your 3rd Party Reproduction is Legal
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Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, in…
Panel of Parents Adopting Older Kids-Surviving The 1st Year
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Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, in…
Egg Freezing-Should You? When? How?
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Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, in…
Mental Health Issues with Adopted Kids
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Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, in…
Adoption Legislation and Advocacy
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Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, in…
Adopting a Child That Has Been Sexually Abused
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Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, in…
A View of Foster Care from a Family Court Judge
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Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, in…
Understanding and Coping with the Emotions of Infertility
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Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, in…
Lifestyle Choices to Increase Your Odds of Getting Pregnant with IVF
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Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, in…
What Preimplantation and Prenatal Genetic Testing Can & Can't Tell Us
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Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, in…
Having a Baby as a Single Mom-Things to Consider
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Host Dawn Davenport interviewed Lee Varon, a clinical social worker, single adoptive mom of two, and author of two books for single p…
Parenting Techniques to Prevent Adoption Failures
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Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, in…
Impact of Divorce on Adopted Children
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Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, in…
Impact of Zika Those Going Through Fertility Treatment
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Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, in…
Understanding the New Fertility Clinic Success Statistics
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Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, in…
Finding an Adoption Competent Therapist
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Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, in…
Helping Older Kids Prepare to be Adopted
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Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, in…
Parenting Kids with Prenatal Alcohol and Drug Exposure
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Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, in…