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
Preparing Children in Orphanages for Adoption
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Children adopted internationally need to be prepared in advance for what adoption means, and how their life will change. How can adop…
Panel of Donor Conceived Adults
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More children are being conceived with donor egg, sperm, and embryo through third party reproduction and IVF. We can learn from the g…
How Long to Try Fertility Pills and IUI Before Moving to IVF
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What is the safest, fastest, and cheapest way to get pregnant in fertility treatment? How long should you continue to try Clomid or L…
How Does IVF Affect the Babies and Children
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Most parents that conceive children with in vitro fertilization wonder about the short term and long term impact of this treatment on…
Raising Transgender Children
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What is transgender? Does it differ from gender non-conforming, gender dysphoria, sexual orientation, or gender variant? What are the…
Paying for Adoption
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How in the world does an average family pay for an infant domestic adoption or international adoption? What options are available for…
Getting Pregnant after 40 (With or Without Fertility Treatment)
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Fertility declines with age, but what can women do to increase the odds of getting pregnant over the age of 40 with or without using …
Prenatal Alcohol and Drug Exposure: Interview with Dr. Ira Chasnoff
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Host Dawn Davenport interviewed Dr. Ira Chasnoff, one of the nation's leading researchers studying the effects of maternal alcohol an…
Parenting Abused and Neglected Children
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Children adopted from foster care or from an orphanage abroad have likely experienced some level of trauma from abuse, neglect, or ma…
Dr. Karyn Purvis: Raising Children from Foster Care or Orphanages
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Raising children who have been abused or neglected is different from raising children who have not experienced trauma. Host Dawn Dave…
Minimal Stimulation IVF and Natural Cycle IVF
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IVF and other infertility treatments are expensive and often not coverered by health insurance. Host Dawn Davenport talks with two pi…
Coping with Infertility as the Fertile Partner
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Is infertility experienced differently by the fertile partner in a relationship? Host Dawn Davenport will interview Dr. Andrea Braver…
Talking with Your Adopted Child about the Difficult Parts of His History
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Sometimes our adopted kids come to us from a history in their birth families or drug abuse, rape, incest, abuse, or prison. Should ad…
Making a Hospital Plan in Open Adoption
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Adoptive parents are often asked to be present at the hospital in open adoptions. This emotional time is complex for both adoptive an…
How Weight Affects Fertility and Infertility Treatment
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How does your weight or Body Mass Index (BMI) affect your fertility. Does it alter your chances of success with infertility treatment…
Preparing an Adoptive Parent Portfolios for Expectant Mothers
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Adoptive parents wanting to adopt a baby in the US must prepare an adoptive parent portfolio, also known as an adoptive parent profil…
Adopting a Child with Cleft Lip/Palate
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Should you adopt a child with cleft lip or cleft palate. What is involved with this special need? Host Dawn Davenport interviews four…
Classic Episode: Genetics vs. Environment- Which Affects Us the Most
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How much of our personality traits, temperament, talents, health conditions, mental illness, and intelligence are controlled by our g…
Classic Episode: Evaluating Risks in Adoption Matches and Referrals
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One of the hardest things many adoptive parents have to do is to decide if the risks or special needs of a particular birth mother ma…
Classic Episode: Avoiding Mistakes and Mix-Ups with IVF and Fertility Treatment
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Infertility patients worry about the wrong embryos being transferred; their egg, sperm or embryos being mislabled; the wrong sperm be…