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
- 746
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Building Resilience In Our Kids
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Do you want to raise a child that can bounce back from all the hard stuff life throws at them? Join us to talk about this with Dr. Ca…
Is Our Adoptive Parent Profile the Reason We Aren't Getting Picked? - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: We’ve been waiting for a little over a year, and so far, no birth mom has asked to meet with us. I think we need to revamp …
An Interview with Author Nicole Chung
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Nicole Chung, author of All You Can Ever Know, has done it again with another wonderful memoir about growing up as a transracial adop…
Establishing Attachment With a Non-English Speaking Child - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: We are adopting an 8-year-old little girl from the country of Georgia. I would love some concrete tips on how our family (f…
The Art of Talking With Kids
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We talk to our kids all day, but how can we use these conversations to help them reach their full potential? Our guest is Rebecca Rol…
How Common Are Failed Adoption Matches? - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: Last week my husband and I flew across the country to meet our potential adoptive baby. We had been matched 5 weeks earlier…
Adoption Microaggressions Parents Need to Know About
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What are the microaggressions or stigmas in the world of adoption and how do they impact adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parent…
Can You Adopt Out of State? - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: Is it possible to adopt a child from another state, provided that all parental rights were terminated on both mother and f…
How to Create a Compelling Adoptive Parent Profile
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How can you create an adoptive parent profile to help you stand out and show what makes you unique? To find out, join our guests Erin…
How Are Foster Care Adoption Matches Made? - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: How are pre-adoptive matches made in foster care? I’ve heard that families may even need to network with social workers to…
An Adoption Memoir with Susan Ito
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Join us for a wonderful discussion with author and performer Susan Kiyo Ito about her new memoir, I Would Meet You Anywhere. This is …
What Do You Wish You Had Known Before You Adopted? - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: We are in the process of deciding whether to adopt, we have decided to give up on fertility treatment. As I listened to you…
Adoption Tax Credit 2023
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Could you qualify for the Adoption Tax Credit? Find out by listening to this podcast with Becky Wilmoth, an Enrolled Agent and Adopti…
What Questions to Ask Before Adopting From Foster Care - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: What questions should a pre-adoptive family ask about a possible match when adopting from foster care to determine whethe…
How to Adopt in 2024
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Are you considering adopting this year? Don't miss this podcast on how to adopt in 2024. Our guests are Teresa Bernu, the Associate D…
How Does an Average Person Pay for Adoption?!? - Weekend Wisdom
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Adoption:
We surveyed our Facebook community, and we discuss how our me…
Fostering or Adopting as a Single Person
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Have you thought about adopting or fostering as a single parent? Join us to listen to a panel of single adoptive parents share the jo…
I Want to Foster, But My Husband Doesn't - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: I want to foster children, but my husband is against it. Our kids are 5 and 3 years old, and I really want to keep on havin…
Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids
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How can we raise joyful resilient kids? We talk with Dr. Mona Delahooke, a clinical child psychologist and the author of Brain-Body P…
Kids Do Well When They Can - Weekend Wisdom
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Parenting kids exposed to trauma is hard. Sometimes, it is very hard, but these families can thrive. In an interview with Creating a …