Latest Adopting Podcast Episodes
Should I Take in a Spanish-Speaking Foster Teen With a Baby? - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - July 20, 2024 06:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: I was just asked to take on a Spanish-speaking teen with a baby. Do you have any resources to address fostering a teenager with a language barrier, as well as supporting her in developing adult skills and independence?...
I Really Don't Want an Open Adoption! - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - July 13, 2024 06:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: We have applied to adopt a baby. We’re more or less being told that if we don’t agree to an open adoption, we’ll never get chosen by a birth mom. But, I really don’t want an open adoption. I think kids need just one mo...
Parent's Guide to Working with the Schools on Behavior
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - July 10, 2024 06:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Do you have a child who acts out at school? Do you struggle with how to work with the school to help your child? If so, don't miss today's interview with Sarah Naish, the CEO and Founder of the Centre of Excellence in Child Trau...
Grandparents Disapprove of Our Adoption Plans - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - July 06, 2024 06:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: We are planning to adopt our third child. We have reason to believe that my husband’s parents will oppose this idea. Do you have any advice on how to approach them? Resources: Transitioning Your Child to Your Home W...
Interview with the Author of "Relinquished"
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - July 03, 2024 06:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Join us for this discussion with Dr. Gretchen Sisson, the author of Relinquished, the Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood. In this episode, we cover: Book focuses on private adoptions between 2000-202...
Can You Adopt From Ukraine? - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - June 29, 2024 06:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Prior to Russia invading Ukraine, it was possible to adopt from Ukraine. In fact, depending on the year, it was one of the top 10 placing countries to the US. However, the government of Ukraine has said that intercountry adoptio...
What the Research on Adult Adoptees Can Teach Us
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - June 26, 2024 06:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Join this interview with Dr. JaeRan Kim, an adoption researcher who also blogs at Harlow's Monkey. In this episode, we cover: Research: Intercountry adoptees with adoption disruption and displacement histories – Adoptee pers...
5 Tips for Surviving Summer with Kids Impacted by Trauma - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - June 22, 2024 06:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Summer break is just around the corner for families of school-aged children – whether you are ready or not. You may already be planning your annual vacation, buying pool passes, and buying tickets online for local venues to enjo...
Personal Story of Healing from Sexual Abuse
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - June 19, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Join this inspiring discussion with two former foster youths who talk about their time in foster care and how that experience shaped them. Lanitta was a pregnant and parenting teen growing up in the North Carolina foster care sy...
How to Make and Use an Adoption Lifebook - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - June 15, 2024 06:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. A Lifebook is the story of how your child came to be yours and the story of his life before he came to you. Adoption is only one aspect of your child, and at some point, his life merges into your life. However, he had a life bef...
Will the Pain of Infertility Go Away If I Adopt? - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - June 08, 2024 06:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: We’re 5 years in trying to conceive and I’m TIRED. I have an opportunity to adopt an unborn baby girl. My question is, does it get any easier dealing with the infertility, the failure, the empty feeling? Does your hear...
An Adoptee's Journey
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - June 05, 2024 06:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Join us to talk with Cam Lee Small about his new book, The Adoptee's Journey: From Loss and Trauma to Healing and Empowerment. In this episode, we talk about: You wrote this book for Christian adoptees. Why that specific audie...
Can I Adopt If My Husband Is Disabled? - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - June 02, 2024 06:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: Hello! I’ve been listening to the podcast for a little while now as I consider my desire to adopt. I’ve had many models around me who adopted their children, and although the process is difficult, I have a desire to pr...
7 Core Issues in Adoption & Foster Care
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - May 29, 2024 06:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Do you want to help your adopted or foster child work through the big issues they may face in life? Join our discussion of the seven core issues with Allison Davis Maxon, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She is the co-a...
You Know You're Ready to Start Thinking About Adoption When . . . - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - May 26, 2024 06:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Are you in infertility treatment but possibly considering adoption? Dawn outlines what couples may be considering, which indicates they are ready to consider adoption. Resources: Parenting After Infertility Types of Adoption ...
The Fetishization of Female Asian Adoptees
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - May 22, 2024 06:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Join us to talk with Dr. Kimberly McKee about her book, Adoption Fantasies: The Fetishization of Asian Adoptees from Girlhood to Womanhood. In this episode, we cover: This book explores how Asian women and girls, specifically A...
My Top Two Parenting Tips - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - May 19, 2024 06:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. As a mom of four children through birth and adoption, I’ve been there and done that in terms of parenting. I’ve made more than my share of mistakes and have had my share of successes as well. I’ve also had the privilege of inter...
Raising and Healing Abused and Neglected Kids with Dr. Karyn Purvis
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - May 15, 2024 06:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Children adopted from foster care or from abroad have often experienced abuse, neglect, or trauma. These children require a different form of parenting. In 2015, we interviewed Dr. Karyn Purvis, author of The Connected Child: Br...
My Foster Child Only Eats Junk Food - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - May 12, 2024 06:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: My foster child only likes junk food and will not eat anything that doesn’t come out of a box. We aren’t fanatics, but we try to eat pretty healthily. I don’t want to feed the rest of my family the boxed junk, and I do...
Understanding the Child Welfare Experience from the Birth Parent's Perspective
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - May 08, 2024 06:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. We talk a lot about the child's experience in foster care, but what is this experience like for the child's birth parents? You may be surprised! Join our conversation with Dr. Darcey Merritt, a professor at the University of Chi...
Red Flags When Choosing an International Adoption Agency - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - May 05, 2024 06:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. What are the red flags that may alert that a potential agency may not have the child’s or your best interest in mind? Your adoption agency will guide your international adoption, so choose wisely. Dawn highlights some of the re...
The Joys of Being a Foster Parent
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - May 01, 2024 06:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Have you ever considered being a foster parent but thought that it was just too hard? You need to listen to this podcast with a group of experienced foster parents sharing the joys of being a foster parent. In this episode, we ...
Traveling with a Newborn When Adopting Out of State - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - April 28, 2024 06:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: My husband and I have been matched with a mom expecting twins any day now. One topic that was a particular stress point for us that we found difficult finding resources on was the logistics of flying/traveling with a t...
Suicide Awareness and Prevention
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - April 24, 2024 06:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Join us to talk about the very important topic of youth suicide. Our guest will be Dr. Angela Tunno, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor at Duke University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavi...
I Feel Awful, But I Wish We Hadn't Adopted - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - April 21, 2024 06:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: I was the one who wanted to adopt. My husband agreed because I wanted it so bad, but now, I’m the one who wishes we hadn’t done it. We adopted a 5-year-old little girl, who is now 7. The awful truth is that I don’t l...
Should I Use a Public or Private Agency to Get My Foster Parent License? - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - April 14, 2024 06:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: Hubby and I are finally ready to take the plunge and become foster parents. We wanted to wait until our youngest was in high school. We’ve started listening to your podcast, and you’ve mentioned on several of the shows...
Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - April 10, 2024 06:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Do you worry about applying the Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard as a foster parent? Check out this interview with Rhonda Serrano, a senior attorney at the ABA Center on Children and the Law, and Kate Schultz, the Deputy D...
Will I Be Ruining My Life If I Accept This Adoption Match? - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - April 07, 2024 06:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: We’ve been waiting for 15 months for an expectant mom to choose us to adopt her baby. We finally got chosen, but I’m filled with fear. Are we the right family for this baby? Are we up to parenting her? Will we be ruini...
Navigating the Important Conversations With Your Adopted Teen or Young Adult
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - April 03, 2024 06:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for 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 Ey...
Is It Worth It To Apply For An Adoption Grant? - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - March 31, 2024 06:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsClick here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: My husband and I are seriously considering domestic infant adoption. In my research I have found grants are available for people who want to adopt. We make decent money, but do not want to spend all of our savings on a...