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
How to Do an Independent Private Adoption in the US
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It is possible to do an independent adoption without using an adoption agency. Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating …
What You Must Know about Embryology Labs Before Fertility Treatment
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What should every fertility patient know about embryology labs before going through treatment. Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Directo…
Transracial Adoption: Parenting 12 to 18 Year Olds
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Parenting children tweens and teen requires a different approach than parenting preschool and school aged children. No where is this …
What Twins Can Teach Us About Genetics vs. Environment
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How much of our children's basic temperament, their mental health, their intelligence, their learning disabilities, and all the thing…
What Makes a Good Embryo for IVF
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Which embryos in IVF are more likely to implant and grow for 9 months and result in a healthy baby? What can patients and doctors do …
Parenting the Argumentative, Irritable, Angry Child
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Parenting a child that constantly argues, is often moodly, and is generaly disagreeable is difficult and often feels impossible. Some…
Foods and Diet That Can Increase Your Fertility
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Can diet affect your fertility? What foods will increase your fertility or increase your chances of conceiving with infertility treat…
Adoption Tax Credit 2014-2015
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It's time for our annual adoption tax credit show. If you had adoption expenses in 2014, can you get a federal tax credit for them? I…
Where to Find Embryos for Embryo Donation
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Embryo donation (also known as embryo adoption) can be confusing. One of the question we receive the most is how to find embryos that…
Pros and Cons of Genetic Testing on Embryos for IVF
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Should genetic screening become a standard part of IVF? Who should consider this option and for what reasons? Host Dawn Davenport wil…
Premature Ovarian Failure: Causes, Prevention, Treatment
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What causes premature menopause or ovarian failure? What are the symptoms? What can you do to prevent and treat it? Host Dawn Davenp…
Lifestyle Choices that Increase Your Chances of Getting Pregnant
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What lifestyle choices affect your ability to conceive or the odds of fertility treatment working? How do diet, drinking alcohol, and…
Adopting Two Unrelated Kids at the Same Time
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Adopting two unrelated children or babies at the same time is a controversial topic with adoption professionals? Should you consider …
Should You Use an Adoption Consultant, Facilitator, or Attorney
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Adopting a baby in the US can be confusing. Where do you find a child to adopt? How long does it take? Should you use an adoption co…
Latest Developments in Diagnosing and Treating Miscarriage
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What causes miscarriage and what can women do to prevent them. Host Dawn Davenport will interview Dr. Ruth Lathi is Director of the R…
Interracial Adoptive Parenting: White Parents with Brown Kids
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Transracial adoption is becoming increasingly popular in the US. There are issues unique to parenting a child of a different race.…
All About Siblings: Parental Favoritism, Birth Order
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Time Magazine’s cover story on parental favoritism got to me. I literally argued out loud with the author while reading. It seemed …
Loans for Infertility Treatment
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Having trouble paying for your fertility treatment? Are you considering borrowing money to pay for treatment? Host Dawn Davenport wil…
Ethical Issues To Think About with Sperm Donation
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What are some of the ethical issues to think about before using donor sperm to create your family? How many times should a man be all…
Preserving Fertility with a Cancer Diagnosis
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A diagnosis of cancer is devastating on so many different levels. Often patients are so overwhelmed that the last thing they think ab…