Latest Foster care Podcast Episodes
Episode 268: Phoenix Cracking Down on AirBNBs during Final Four
Mac Watson Talks - April 05, 2024 02:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 119 ratingsIn the News --Six figure income required to purchase home in Phoenix --Cost of college on average $95,000 --Solar eclipse can affect animals --Chad Daybell trial may last 10 weeks --Florida air boat tour capsized in alligator infested waters --Final Four at State Farm Stadium; Phoenix cracking ...
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 ratingsAre 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 Y...
Ep. 172: What does it mean to 'Heal'?
The Baffling Behavior Show {Parenting after Trauma} - April 02, 2024 04:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 107 ratingsThe question of ‘can I heal’ or 'can my child heal' or ‘how do I (or my child) heal’ is a tricky one. Healing is a word that gets used a lot without really pausing to ask ourselves what it actually means. If we are aiming for a nebulous goal that hasn’t been defined, it will feel impossible ...
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 ratingsQuestion: 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 adoption fees when we know expenses will only go up when we have a ch...
REPLAY: Lying as a Trauma Driven Behavior
The Baffling Behavior Show {Parenting after Trauma} - March 29, 2024 05:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 107 ratings***This episode originally aired on February 2nd, 2021*** Lying is probably the behavior parents seek support with the most. It's confusing. It's triggering. It's exhausting. Did you catch last week's episode on X Ray Vision Goggles? We can use those goggles to get underneath the lying so...
Protecting Our Kids From Sexual Exploitation
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - March 27, 2024 06:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsFoster youth or children who have been in the foster care system make up over 80% of children being sexually exploited. What can you do to prevent this from happening to your child? We talk with Audrey Morrissey, Co-Executive Director of My Life My Choice, a survivor-led nonprofit fighting sexua...
A Foster Care Journey and How Change Must Happen to the Broken System
Fostering Change - March 26, 2024 11:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsJerold Hawkins was introduced to Rob Scheer and Comfort Cases in 2023 when the company he works for, Aptiv, held a “Packing Party,” packing up backpacks filled with new essential items to be delivered to local social service agencies for distribution to youth entering foster care in Michigan. ...
EP. 171: Living with someone chronically dysregulated
The Baffling Behavior Show {Parenting after Trauma} - March 26, 2024 04:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 107 ratingsDo you live with someone or love someone who is chronically dysregulated? This episode isn’t an episode that is going to tell you what to do. This is an episode of commiseration. Of “I see you.” It is exhausting to live with someone who is chronically unhappy, or chronically dysregulated. Kno...
Can I Breastfeed My Adopted Baby? - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - March 24, 2024 06:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsQuestion: I am a nurse and am very aware of the benefits of breast milk. I always imagined I would get breast milk from a milk bank if I adopted. Just recently, I read there aren’t many milk banks around, and they can have a supply issue and be very expensive. I then stumbled upon adoptive paren...
Episode 267: Social Security Insecurities
Mac Watson Talks - March 22, 2024 22:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 119 ratingsIn the News --Superstition Mountains' cougar shadow makes it bi-annual appearance --Garage door opener bandits --Coyotes looking at land near 101 and Scottsdale --Three Arizona cities are best at saving for retirement --Social Security insecurities --Exotic birds seized at Mexican border --Biden...
REPLAY: Child Always Dysregulated? Try This!!!
The Baffling Behavior Show {Parenting after Trauma} - March 22, 2024 04:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 107 ratings***This episode originally aired on February 16th, 2021*** Connection. Empathizing. Offering choices. These parenting ideas sound good in theory but if you are living with a child who seems chronically angry or won’t get out of bed or is otherwise pretty much always unhappy or dysregulated- ...
Getting a Diagnosis for Prenatal Alcohol or Drug Exposure
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - March 20, 2024 06:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsDo you think your child was exposed to alcohol or drugs during pregnancy? If so, a diagnosis can help your child access services and support. Check out this show with Dr. Yasmin Senturias, a developmental-behavioral pediatric specialist with 28 years of experience in developmental pediatrics and...
Ep. 170: Why Kids Act Better for Other People
The Baffling Behavior Show {Parenting after Trauma} - March 19, 2024 04:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 107 ratingsIt’s very common for all humans- kids and adults- to have more behavior struggles and dysregulation. Kids with vulnerable nervous systems, as well as attachment trauma, are especially likely to demonstrate some confusing patterns with regard to where they are regulated and where they aren’t. I...
Teacher Doesn't Believe My Child Has Experienced Trauma - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - March 17, 2024 06:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsQuestion: We adopted our son at two, but we were his foster parents since he was three months. He is now in second grade and is really struggling in school both academically and with bad behaviors. His teacher is not open to hearing me talk about trauma and how his trauma is impacting his learni...
Episode 266: Science of Happiness
Mac Watson Talks - March 14, 2024 05:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 119 ratingsIn the News --Phoenix firefighter damages home over alleged affair with nanny --Tom Horne calls for increase in teacher pay --Rattlesnake found in backseat of car --Ohio women drive dead roommate to bank to withdraw money from his account --Gilbert Trader Joe's top store in country --Child spent...
Understanding and Overcoming Blocked Care
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - March 13, 2024 06:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsAre you struggling to feel connected to your child? Do you sometimes wish you could turn the clock back and not be parenting this child? If so, you need to listen to this interview with Melissa Corkum, adoptee, adoptive mom, and co-author of Reclaim Compassion: The Adoptive Parent’s Guide to Ove...
The Importance of Talking About “Reunification” for Youth in Foster Care - A New Visit from Charell Star
Fostering Change - March 12, 2024 11:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsToday, we welcome back a wonderful guest, Charell Star. We first discovered Charell in 2021 from the “Humans of New York” column and video she was featured. We wanted Charell to come back on our podcast to give us an update on her work in the foster care system since then. Charell shares her c...
Ep. 169: The Privilege of Parenting with Safety
The Baffling Behavior Show {Parenting after Trauma} - March 12, 2024 04:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 107 ratingsParenting with co-regulating and seeing below our kids behaviors is actually a privilege we rarely talk about. It’s always a privilege, but especially when we consider different marginalized and oppressed identities that a lot of kids- and those of you listening- intersectionally hold. In this...
What to Ask For In Adoption Assistance When Adopting From Foster Care - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - March 10, 2024 07:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsQuestion: We are close to adopting two kids from foster care. Is there somewhere that shows the possible options for things we should ask for in adoption assistance? I don’t want to rely just on the child welfare office to hopefully tell us all the possible options. Resources: Josh Kroll, Ad...
REPLAY: Undoing the Aloneness in Parenting
The Baffling Behavior Show {Parenting after Trauma} - March 08, 2024 05:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 107 ratingsParents of kids with a history of relational and complex trauma are some of the loneliness people I’ve ever known. The loneliness of parenting becomes compounded when the loneliness isn’t seen. The loneliness is traumatic. It leaves an imprint on our spirits that wreaks havoc on our health (p...
Evaluating Risk Factors in Domestic Adoption
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - March 06, 2024 07:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsAre you thinking about domestic infant adoption? This is an interview you must listen to! We talk with adoption medicine pediatrician, Dr. Todd Ochs, about common risk factors you should know about before adopting an infant. In this episode, we cover: Common Risk Factors in Domestic Infant Ado...
Ep. 168: Hate, Kill, and other BIG words
The Baffling Behavior Show {Parenting after Trauma} - March 05, 2024 05:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 107 ratingsKids with vulnerable nervous systems often say BIG, hurtful, and scary words. They say things like “I hate you!” or “You hate me!” They sometimes threaten to hurt themselves- or you! Verbal aggression almost always pulls us right onto the watchdog pathway ourselves- which is understandable. Let’...
Ep. 168: "I HATE YOU! And Other Big Feelings
The Baffling Behavior Show {Parenting after Trauma} - March 05, 2024 05:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 107 ratingsKids with vulnerable nervous systems often say BIG, hurtful, and scary words. They say things like “I hate you!” or “You hate me!” They sometimes threaten to hurt themselves- or you! Verbal aggression almost always pulls us right onto the watchdog pathway ourselves- which is understandable. Let’...
Episode 265: Arizona has Worst Drivers
Mac Watson Talks - March 03, 2024 22:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 119 ratingsIn the News --Arizona has some of the worst drivers in the country --Peoria mom accused of attempted murder of child with her pickup truck --UK study shows 4 day work week is more productive at 32 hours than 5 day 40 hour week --Sierra Nevada expecting 100 inches of snow this week --Married men ...
Dealing with the Emotional Roller Coaster of Trying to Adopt - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - March 03, 2024 07:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsListener Response: An aspect of adopting that we didn’t hear about was how your mental health is challenged throughout the process. It’s a roller coaster of emotions, and this isn’t discussed as often as organic issues such as drug or alcohol use. Resources: Creating a Family Online Support G...
{REPLAY} Grief in Parenting
The Baffling Behavior Show {Parenting after Trauma} - March 01, 2024 05:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 107 ratingsRobyn explores the grief in parenting kids with vulnerable nervous systems In this episode, you’ll learn: The relationship between trauma and grief Why it's important to make space for grief in our kids and in ourselves The role of self-compassion How a lack of media representation of your...
Season 5 Episode 1 - Be The Change
FASD Family Life - March 01, 2024 00:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsWelcome to the FASD Family Life Podcast. I am your host, Robbie Seale, FASD specialist, with more than 25 years experience raising kids with prenatal alcohol exposure and trauma . I hope that as we spend this time together, you will know you are not alone and that there is hope for you and your ...
Building Resilience In Our Kids
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - February 28, 2024 07:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsDo 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. Caroline Leaf, a communication pathologist and clinical and cognitive neuroscientist. She is the author of several books, including Switch on Your Brain, Think Learn...
Creating a Warm and Safe Space for Children Transitioning into Foster Care
Fostering Change - February 27, 2024 12:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsOften times when children are removed from their homes and brought to a social service agency or law enforcement office, they are not placed in a foster home immediately, and have to spend hours, a whole night, or even days sitting on an uncomfortable office chair, a lumpy couch or maybe an air ...
Ep. 167: Silliness As A Sign Of Dysregulation
The Baffling Behavior Show {Parenting after Trauma} - February 27, 2024 05:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 107 ratingsHave you ever felt confused by your child’s silly behavior? It seems like they are having fun, but it doesn’t feel good at all? In this episode, you’ll learn How to tell the difference between fun-silly and dysregulated-silly What’s going on in the brain and nervous system for a child who is ...
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