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
Dr. Karyn Purvis- Raising and Healing Abused & Neglected Kids
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Children adopted from foster care or from abroad have often experienced abuse, neglect, or trauma. These children require a different…
Exploding the Myths of Foster Care Adoption
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There are many myths surrounding adopting from foster care. It is hard to do? Do the kids have all sorts of problems? How much does i…
Understanding & Coming to Terms with the Pain of Infertility/Miscarriage
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The pain of infertility and miscarriage is different from other grief and in some ways these differences make it harder to cope. Ho…
Everything You Need to Know about Fertility Drugs
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When you find out you are infertile you are thrown into a new world of medicine and a new world of fertility drugs. It help to unders…
Helping Children Cope with Trauma
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All children can experience trauma. What is the difference between those kids who survive and maybe even thrive and those who fall ap…
School Issues for Adopted Kids and Families
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Adoption issues sometime arise at school and adoptive parents need to be prepared. Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creat…
Intrauterine Insemination: Increasing Odds of Success
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Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) or artificial insemination is often the first step in infertility treatment or for single moms or les…
Happiest Baby on the Block Author Talks Sleep
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Sleep issues plague most new parents. How to get your child to sleep and keep them there. Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of …
Creating Relationship with Birth Parents in Adoption
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Ninety-five percent of domestic infant adoptions in the US have some degree of openness, so almost all adoptive parents need to thin…
What to Expect from Your First Fertility Clinic Visit
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The world of infertility is confusing and often overwhelming. It helps to be prepared. We will cover what tests to expect and how to …
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Male Fertility
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Unlocking the mysteries of male fertility and male infertility. Ever wonder about how to boost male fertility? How successful are vas…
Simple & Fun Strategies to Build Attachment with Adopted Kids
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We know attachment is important in adoption, but adoptive parents often wonder how to help build the bonds of attachment with their a…
Twenty Things Adoptive Parents Need to Succeed
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Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, in…
The PCOS Diet Plan
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Is it possible to control or improve Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) with diet and lifestyle changes? What is PCOS? How is PCOS re…
Using Health Insurance to Pay for Fertility Treatment
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Infertility treatment is expensive. How can an average person afford to pay? Health insurance can be used to pay for some parts of tr…
Adopting a Tween or Teen-Special Issues to Consider
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There are many children over 10 waiting to be adopted in US foster care, as well in orphanages throughout the world. Are you the fami…
Genetics vs. Environment- Which Shapes Our Kids the Most
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What matters most in shaping who we and our children will be--their genes or their environment? Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Dire…
Understanding Fertility Clinic Success Statistics
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We tell people that they should use the CDC or SART Infertility Clinic Success Statistics when choosing a fertility clinic, but we o…
Modern Families-Single Moms, Same Sex, IVF, & Donor
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How are the children and parents in alternative/non-traditional families doing? Families through IVF and donor conception, as well as…
Adopting a Child That May Have Been Sexually Abused
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What issues should families consider when adopting or fostering a child that may have been sexually abused? What are warning signs of…