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Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
Creating a Family
766 episodes
15 hours ago
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Do you sometimes feel that self-care is an impossible goal when you are parenting kids who have experienced trauma? There isn’t enough time in the day to do it all, much less take care of yourself. Or is there? Join us to talk about how to find time to take care of yourself. We will talk with Angelica Jones, MSW, Program Director of Intercountry Services and the Intensive Service Foster Care Recruiter and Trainer at Vista Del ...
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Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Do you sometimes feel that self-care is an impossible goal when you are parenting kids who have experienced trauma? There isn’t enough time in the day to do it all, much less take care of yourself. Or is there? Join us to talk about how to find time to take care of yourself. We will talk with Angelica Jones, MSW, Program Director of Intercountry Services and the Intensive Service Foster Care Recruiter and Trainer at Vista Del ...
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Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
Taking Care of Yourself When Parenting Harder to Parent Kids
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Do you sometimes feel that self-care is an impossible goal when you are parenting kids who have experienced trauma? There isn’t enough time in the day to do it all, much less take care of yourself. Or is there? Join us to talk about how to find time to take care of yourself. We will talk with Angelica Jones, MSW, Program Director of Intercountry Services and the Intensive Service Foster Care Recruiter and Trainer at Vista Del ...
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15 hours ago
37 minutes

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
Open Adoption and Healthy Boundaries - Weekend Wisdom
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: We adopted our son at birth, and he is about to turn one already. I deeply care about his birth parents and have tried very hard to maintain a relationship with them. Even during many months of no contact, I think about them every day. Our only post-placement visit with them was at 2 1/2 months. They have no-showed for all the other visits they asked for, and have gone several months at a time without responding...
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4 days ago
13 minutes

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
Navigating the Holidays With a Trauma-Sensitive Approach
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Why do our kids melt down, act out, or regress during the holiday season? Listen to our conversation with Dr. David Adams to learn what is going on and what you can do about it to make this holiday season more enjoyable for you all. He is an adoptive and foster dad, a licensed psychologist, and a licensed professional counselor. He is the Founding Director and President of New Life Psychology Group in Laguna Hills, California,...
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1 week ago
58 minutes

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
My Child's Birth Parent Contacted My Child - Weekend Wisdom
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: My adoptive child was contacted by the birth mother, never contacted us, it has caused chaos in our family. The parents that adopt kids are never considered after raising a child for over 20 years to give them back. Resources: Adoptive Mom Feels Left Out at Son’s Reunion with Birth MotherWhat You Need to Know about Open Adoption5 Tips for Navigating Sticky Situations with Birth ParentsAdvice to My Pre-Adoptive ...
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1 week ago
16 minutes

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
Sleep Issues with Adopted, Foster, or Relative Children
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. How do you handle sleep struggles when raising a child who has been impacted by trauma, prenatal substance exposure, or other challenges? Listen to our conversation with Dr. Chris Winter, a sleep researcher and neurologist who has practiced sleep medicine and neurology since 2004. He is also the author of The Rested Child: Why Your Tired, Wired or Irritable Child May Have A Sleep Disorder--And How To Help, and hosts the podcas...
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2 weeks ago
1 hour 3 minutes

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
Supporting a Child Who is a People Pleaser - Weekend Wisdom
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: How should I deal with an adoptive child with a people-pleasing personality? I want to prevent the anxiety that comes with that, but I'm not sure how. Resources: 6 Tips for Creating AttachmentHow to Cultivate Resilience in Your Kids7 Character Traits Your Kids Need to ThriveSigns Your Child Might Be People Pleasing and How to HelpSupport the show Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced...
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2 weeks ago
15 minutes

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
Practical Financial Strategies for Foster & Kinship Families
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. How do you manage daily expenses and budgeting when you are a foster or kinship caregiving family? We speak with Nicole Valenzuela, a foster parent and founder of Fostering Finances, to learn about simplified budgeting practices and healthy mindsets for managing money. In this episode, we discuss: What are the financial challenges that foster and kinship families commonly face?How do those challenges differ between kinship car...
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3 weeks ago
51 minutes

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
Should We Expand Our Special Needs Checklist to Include HIV? - Weekend Wisdom
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: My husband and I are considering whether we will open our special needs consideration to include children who are HIV+. We have already been approved to adopt from India, and as our home study update approaches, we are taking a good, hard look at the Special Needs list again. I was listening to your podcast episode on this topic from 2013 and wondered if this was worth an updated episode? Has much changed for familie...
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3 weeks ago
12 minutes

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
Preventing Sexual Abuse
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. What strategies can parents and caregivers implement in their homes to help reduce the risk that their children may be sexually abused? Learn practical parenting tools from this conversation with Dr. Eliana Gil, the founder of the Gil Institute for Trauma Recovery and Education. She specializes in the assessment and treatment of trauma in children, especially those who have been sexually abused. In this episode, we discuss: Wh...
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4 weeks ago
1 hour 1 minute

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
Navigating Time Off from Work to Bond with a Newly Adopted Child
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: My husband and I are in the process of adopting a waiting child internationally. This is our first adoption and we will soon be waiting to be matched with a child. I teach in higher education and my schedule is coordinated about nine months out. I am working with my supervisors to try and make sure my schedule for the next year is flexible to account for uncertain adoption timing. It has been so difficult to try and ...
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1 month ago
16 minutes

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
Understanding Resilience and How to Build It
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Resilience is more than just bouncing back from a challenge. Join us for a conversation about building resilience in ourselves and our kids, understanding coping tools, and caring well for ourselves while raising kids who may have significant gaps in their resilience. We talk with Kathleen Harnish McKune and her sister, Karen Dickson from Remarkably Resilient, Inc., a non-profit organization committed to partnering to empower ...
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1 month ago
1 hour 2 minutes

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
Is It Too Soon to Look Through Foster Photo Listings? - Weekend Wisdom
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: We are currently going through our home study to adopt from foster care, and I'm wondering if it is too early to look at photo listings? I have been looking at photo listings for a long time, but now, when I read the bios, it feels real, and I get slightly attached. I'm curious if you think this is setting myself up for disappointment. Resources: Adoptions in the US – Our Annual UpdateAdoption Comparison ChartsF...
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1 month ago
18 minutes

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
Is My Child At Risk for Human Trafficking?
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. What is human trafficking? Is your child at increased risk of being trafficked? Listen to this conversation with guests Dr. Yolanda Montgomery, a nurse, advocate, and the founder of Zoë Ministries, a nonprofit established in 2012 to combat human trafficking in Delaware and beyond, and Sara Poore, the Executive Director of the Delaware Anti-Trafficking Action Council (DATAC), leading statewide efforts to prevent human trafficki...
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1 month ago
1 hour 7 minutes

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
When You Don't Know Your Child's Racial or Cultural Heritage - Weekend Wisdom
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: We very recently brought home our second child through domestic infant adoption. We feel very fortunate, and our son is developing well; we are also settling into the new routine. We matched with our Son's birth mother through a local agency, and unfortunately, she decided that she did not want to meet us. She gave no information about the biological father. We know she was caucasian, but honestly, i...
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1 month ago
15 minutes

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
Tweens and Teens: Managing Tech & Mental Health
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Do you worry about the impacts that screen time, social media, or gaming have on your tween and teens' mental health? We spoke to Brittany Anderson, an author, certified play and narrative intelligence practitioner, and the founder of Renala, which helps families become creative, vision-driven leaders—beginning at home. In this episode, we discuss: What are the most common concerns that parents and caregivers have about their ...
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1 month ago
1 hour 1 minute

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
My Child's Disrespect and Disobedience is Creating Resentment - Weekend Wisdom
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: I have resentment against my (soon-to-be adopted) child’s mom, who is an addict. I get frustrated with his disrespect & disobedience, and bitterness & resentment rise up. He also respects my husband way more than me. I am trying so hard not to let it show or to take it out on him. I need help! Resources: Parenting Children with Challenging Behaviors Prenatal Exposure, Part 1: Parenting Babies through Ele...
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1 month ago
18 minutes

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
Connecting with Teens
Click here to send 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 and the founder of Real Child Consulting, LLC. She is the mom of two adopted kids. In this episode, we discuss: Parents wonder why their easy and natural connection with their kids change...
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1 month ago
54 minutes

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
9 Things I Wish I Knew Before Adopting - Weekend Wisdom
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. I spent some time this week thinking about what I’ve learned from my experiences as an adoptive parent and the wisdom of others in our community. In reflection, I've created a list of the things I wish I knew before adopting. Resources: 8 Things I Wish I Had Known Before I AdoptedFree courses to strengthen your familyTherapeutic Parenting: Strategies & SolutionsBeginner’s Guide to TBRI Support the show Please leave...
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2 months ago
13 minutes

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
How Can Kinship Caregivers Find the Resources They Need to Succeed?
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Kinship-led families have unique needs, and finding resources to meet those needs can be a challenge. Today, we're talking with Mike Heath, a Resource Specialist with the Coalition for Children, Youth & Families in Wisconsin. The Coalition is a Resource Center for birth parents, foster families, adoptive families, relative/kinship/and like-kin caregivers, and child welfare and Tribal agency professionals. In this episode, ...
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2 months ago
1 hour 12 minutes

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
Tips for Managing Your Picky Eater - Weekend Wisdom
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Today, we are tackling a question that comes up a lot for parents and caregivers in our community – what do you do with a picky eater? Resources: Food IssuesMy Foster Child Only Eats Junk FoodPractical Solutions to Typical Food Issues with Adopted and Foster Kids Support the show Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to st...
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2 months ago
13 minutes

Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Do you sometimes feel that self-care is an impossible goal when you are parenting kids who have experienced trauma? There isn’t enough time in the day to do it all, much less take care of yourself. Or is there? Join us to talk about how to find time to take care of yourself. We will talk with Angelica Jones, MSW, Program Director of Intercountry Services and the Intensive Service Foster Care Recruiter and Trainer at Vista Del ...