Latest Infant adoption Podcast Episodes
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 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: 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 a...
Understanding and Overcoming Blocked Care
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - March 13, 2024 06:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Are 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 ...
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 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: 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 ...
Evaluating Risk Factors in Domestic Adoption
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - March 06, 2024 07:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Are 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,...
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 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Listener 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...
Building Resilience In Our Kids
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - February 28, 2024 07:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. 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. Caroline Leaf, a communication pathologist and clinical and cognitive neuroscientist. She is the author of seve...
Is Our Adoptive Parent Profile the Reason We Aren't Getting Picked? - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - February 25, 2024 07:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. 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 our profile book. Resources: What is an Adoptive Parent Profile? (Resource page) Understanding the Birth P...
An Interview with Author Nicole Chung
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - February 21, 2024 07:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Nicole Chung, author of All You Can Ever Know, has done it again with another wonderful memoir about growing up as a transracial adoptee and then losing both her adoptive parents. A Living Remedy is a story about family love and loss, regardl...
Establishing Attachment With a Non-English Speaking Child - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - February 18, 2024 07:00 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. 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 (four bio kids) can best communicate with her and foster attachment despite the language barrier. Are there any...
The Art of Talking With Kids
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - February 14, 2024 07:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. 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 Roland, a speech pathologist, Harvard lecturer, and author of the book The Art of Talking with Children. In thi...
How Common Are Failed Adoption Matches? - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - February 11, 2024 07:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: Last week my husband and I flew across the country to meet our potential adoptive baby. We had been matched 5 weeks earlier and were full of happiness. We’ve always known the risks of having a fall through but based on the case, we ...
Adoption Microaggressions Parents Need to Know About
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - February 07, 2024 07:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. What are the microaggressions or stigmas in the world of adoption and how do they impact adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents? We talk with Dr. Amanda Baden, a Professor and the Doctoral Program Director at Montclair State Universit...
Can You Adopt Out of State? - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - February 04, 2024 07:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: Is it possible to adopt a child from another state, provided that all parental rights were terminated on both mother and father’s sides? What extra complications or legalities do families adopting out of state face? Resources: A...
How to Create a Compelling Adoptive Parent Profile
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - January 31, 2024 07:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. 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 Quick, the Founder and CEO of PairTree and an adoptive mom, and Jess Nelson, the profile creation provider a...
How Are Foster Care Adoption Matches Made? - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - January 28, 2024 07:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: How are pre-adoptive matches made in foster care? I’ve heard that families may even need to network with social workers to be noticed when possible matches come up, but I’m not sure how matches are made. Resources: Working as Pa...
An Adoption Memoir with Susan Ito
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - January 24, 2024 07:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Join us for a wonderful discussion with author and performer Susan Kiyo Ito about her new memoir, I Would Meet You Anywhere. This is a book adoptive parents should read! In this episode, we cover: It felt like much of the tension between yo...
What Do You Wish You Had Known Before You Adopted? - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - January 21, 2024 07:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: We are in the process of deciding whether to adopt, we have decided to give up on fertility treatment. As I listened to your podcast, I thought it would be good to ask you what you wish you had known before you had adopted? Resourc...
Adoption Tax Credit 2023
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - January 17, 2024 07:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Could you qualify for the Adoption Tax Credit? Find out by listening to this podcast with Becky Wilmoth, an Enrolled Agent and Adoption Tax Credit Specialist with Bill’s Tax Service, and Josh Kroll, the Adoption Subsidy Resource Center coordi...
What Questions to Ask Before Adopting From Foster Care - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - January 14, 2024 07:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: What questions should a pre-adoptive family ask about a possible match when adopting from foster care to determine whether the match would be a good fit for the family? Resources: Adopting from Foster Care Foster Care Resource...
How to Adopt in 2024
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - January 10, 2024 07:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Are you considering adopting this year? Don't miss this podcast on how to adopt in 2024. Our guests are Teresa Bernu, the Associate Director at the Adoption Center of Illinois, and Steve Valdez, the Chief Operating Officer at Hand in Hand Int...
How Does an Average Person Pay for Adoption?!? - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - January 07, 2024 07:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Adoption: Cost of Adoption: How Much? How Long? Adoption Comparison Charts We surveyed our Facebook community, and we discuss how our members paid for their adoptions. How to Save for Adoption the Dave Ramsey Way This podcast is produced...
Fostering or Adopting as a Single Person
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - January 03, 2024 07:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Have you thought about adopting or fostering as a single parent? Join us to listen to a panel of single adoptive parents share the joys and challenges of this option. In this episode, we cover: What were your biggest worries when you were t...
I Want to Foster, But My Husband Doesn't - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - December 31, 2023 07:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. 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 having kids through fostering. I think I’m a good mom, and I think I’d do great at fostering. My husband thinks we...
Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - December 27, 2023 07:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. How can we raise joyful resilient kids? We talk with Dr. Mona Delahooke, a clinical child psychologist and the author of Brain-Body Parenting: How to Stop Managing Behavior and Start Raising Joyful, Resilient Kids. In this episode, we cover:...
Kids Do Well When They Can - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - December 24, 2023 07:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Parenting kids exposed to trauma is hard. Sometimes, it is very hard, but these families can thrive. In an interview with Creating a Family, Dr. Ross Greene, a Harvard Psychology professor, stressed that it was crucial for parents of children...
Rituals to Build Strong Families
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - December 20, 2023 07:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Join us to learn about family rituals—how to create and why you should. Our guest will be Elizabeth Barbour is the author of a new book “Sacred Celebrations: Designing Rituals to Navigate Life’s Milestone Transitions”. She’s also a reunited a...
Should I Stop Infertility Treatments and Try Another Option? - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - December 17, 2023 07:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: How do you know when it is time to stop infertility treatments and move on to another option, including adoption? Resources: Parenting After Infertility Adoption Options Adoption Comparison Charts This podcast is produced by ww...
Connecting with Teens
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - December 13, 2023 07:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Do you dread the teen years? Or, if you're in the midst of parenting teens, do you struggle to find ways to connect? This week, we interview Dr. Melody Aguayo, a parenting coach specializing in working with at-risk children and their families...
Having Two Kids the Same Age When Adopting or Fostering - Weekend Wisdom
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - December 10, 2023 07:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Additional Resources: Virtual Twins Through Adoption: An Adoptee's Perspective Adopting More Than One Child Adopting Out of Birth Order and Artificial Twinning This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-pro...
Adopting From Foster Care
Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care - December 06, 2023 07:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 180 ratingsSend us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Have you ever considered adopting a child from foster care? Check out our interview with Erica Jourdan, the Founder of Adoption Options Consulting, where she provides support to families looking to adopt older children from foster care. She i...
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