Navigating the Important Conversations With Your Adopted Teen or Young Adult

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care

English - April 03, 2024 06:00 - 45 minutes - 31.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 180 ratings
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Previous Episode: Is It Worth It To Apply For An Adoption Grant? - Weekend Wisdom

Next Episode: Will I Be Ruining My Life If I Accept This Adoption Match? - Weekend Wisdom

Are you parenting an adopted teen or young adult? Check out our interview about important conversations we need to make sure we have. Our guest is Katie Naftzger ,an LICSW, an adult adoptee, and the author of Parenting in the Eye of the Storm: The Adoptive Parent’s Guide to Navigating the Teen Years. She also has a course for adoptive parents: The Four Paths To Securing The Relationship With Your Adopted Teen Or Young Adult.

In this episode, we cover:

What are two conversations we should have about adoption with our youth?What conversations should we have about mental health?What are some conversations we should have about race with our youth who are of a different race than we are?

This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a 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:

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