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
Adopting Siblings: Special Issues to Consider
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We try not to separate siblings in adoption when possible, but adopting siblings brings special consideration for adoptive parents. O…
Why Consider Open Adoption & How to Do it Well
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Open adoption is the norm in for domestic infant adoptions in the US and becoming more common in foster care adoption and internation…
Making Peace With Not Having Children
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Infertility treatment is not always successful and neither is adoption. Couples may have to face the decision of living childfree. Ho…
How to Adopt a Child in Another State
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What is the best way to find and adopt a child born in another state? Is this possible? What is the process for adopting across state…
Panel of Young Adult Transracial Adoptees
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The real experts on transracial adoption are the people who were adopted by parents of a different race or ethnicity. We have done ma…
Becoming a First Time Mom Over 40-Things to Consider
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Should you become a first time mom over 40? Over 45? Over 50? What are the unique issues older mothers face? What are the challenges …
Being Happy While Struggling with Infertility
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Is it possible to be happy when you are suffering from infertility and going through fertility treatment? Host Dawn Davenport intervi…
Grants for Infertility Treatment: Affording IVF
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Are grants available to help pay for fertility treatment? How do you apply and what are the granting organizations looking for. Host …
Talking with Adopted Kids about Birth Parents
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How can adoptive parents talk with their children about their birth parents. Host Dawn Davenport will interview Dr. Jennifer Bliss, t…
Adoption 101: Everything You Need to Know at the Beginning
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What do you need to know when you first start thinking about adoption. Where do you begin? Host Dawn Davenport will interview Jim Tho…
How IVF is Changing and Improving Your Chances of Conceiving
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What are the medical advances in in vitro fertilization in the last several years. Are your chances of getting pregnant with fertilit…
How are Kids Conceived via Sperm/Egg/Embryo Donation Doing?
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Concern has been expressed on how children conceived via third party reproduction, including sperm donation, egg donation, surrogacy,…
How Internationally Adopted Kids Acquire Language
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Internationally adopted children most often do not speak any English when they are adopted. How do they acquire English once home and…
Diagnosing, Treating, & Conceiving with PCOS
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Polycyctis Ovarian Syndrome affects a woman's health and her fertility. Diagnosing PCOS is often difficult and treatment can be compl…
Preventing IVF Failure
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What are the latest developments that can help prevent IVF from faililng. What can infertility patients do to help their infertility …
Saving Money the Dave Ramsey Way
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Adoption and fertility treatment are expensive. Not everyone has the money just sitting around in their savings to spend. How does Da…
Diagnosing and Treating Kids with ADHD
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Do you think your child has ADHD? Could it be caused by diet, food allergies, low blood sugar, or lack of sleep? How to best diagnosi…
International Adoptions Under new Universal Accreditation Act
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The Universal Accreditation Act is now reality. How will it change international adoptions? If you have already applied to adopt, how…
Can Chemicals in Food & Environment Affect Fertility
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How do chemical, hormones, and pesticides in our food and environment affect fertilty, pregnancy, and health of our families. Host Da…
Genetics 101 for Egg and Sperm Donation
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What do you need to know about the genetics of a potential egg donor or sperm donor? What type of genetic testing is available both p…