Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
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Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
Are you thinking about adopting or fostering a child? Confused about all the options and wondering where to begin? Or are you an adoptive or foster parent or kinship caregiver trying to be the best parent possible to this precious child? This is the podcast for you! Every week, we interview leading...
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How to Make and Use an Adoption Lifebook - Weekend Wisdom
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Strategies for Maintaining a Healthy Marriage or Partnership (While Raising Adopted, Foster, or Relative Children)
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Question: As a single mom, how do I find good role models for my kids?
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Raising a Child with FASD to Thrive
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Answering My Child's Questions When I Have No Information to Share - Weekend Wisdom
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Understanding Attachment Between Parent and Child
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How Do I Find an Adoption Tax Credit Specialist? - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: When you are preparing your taxes and working out how to maximize this credit and get that $5,000 back,...
What You Should Know About Disrupting Birth Order in Adoption & Foster Care
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How to Handle Open Adoption Even When the Birth Parent Chooses to Close It - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: How do we handle an adoption that has been closed from the first mom’s end? We don’t even have a photo...
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Talking to Your Child About the Hard Parts of Their Adoption Story - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: How to talk to your child about their conception story when embryo donation/embryo adoption is involved...
How to Talk with Our Kids About the Difficult Parts of Their Stories
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What Documents Do I Need to File for the Adoption Tax Credit? - Weekend Wisdom
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The 2025 Adoption Tax Credit
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Let us know about your adoption journey
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Dealing with the Emotional Roller Coaster of Trying to Adopt - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: An aspect of adopting that we didn’t hear about was how your mental health is challenged throughout the...
How to Afford Adoption
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Are you considering adoption this year but concerned about how to swing the cost? Join us for a practical convers...
What If My Partner Doesn't Want to Adopt? - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: How do you deal with the emotions of not being able to adopt or foster because your husband doesn't sha...
How to Adopt in 2026
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Are you considering adoption to create your family this year? We’ve got answers to all (or most) of your question...
My Adopted Child Is Rejecting Me - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: Hello, thank you sincerely for your podcast and the work you do. It has helped me feel less alone and a...
Rituals to Build Strong Families
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Join us to learn about family rituals—how to create and why they can help build strong families. Our guest will b...
Should We Let Our Adopted Babies Cry It Out? - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: We have been matched with an expectant mom due in a couple of months. She is having twins. As we are pr...
Healing & Strengthening Your Family Dynamics
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Are you looking for practical ways to build your child's resilience and sense of safety, and to strengthen your f...
Adoptive Parent Profiles, But for Foster Care Adoption - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: I would love to hear about family profiles for adopting older teens.
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Between Cultures: One Transcultural Adoptive Family's Story
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What is it like to be the only biological child in a large transracial adoptive family? Our guest, Elaine Duncan,...
Expert Advice for Handling Sexual Abuse by a Sibling - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: I have a friend whose 12-year-old adopted son (adopted at age 6) has been sexually abusing his younger...
Introducing Our New Executive Director, Linda Fiore
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We're thrilled to introduce you to our new Executive Director, Linda Fiore. Listen to today's conversation about...
Help! My Foster Child Is Being Bullied! - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: Help for a youth dealing with being bullied because they are in foster care?
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Healing Your History to Help Your Kids Heal Theirs with Dr. Robyn Koslowitz, Ph.D.
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Am I Right in Not Letting My Grandchild's Mom Visit? - Weekend Wisdom
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Question: I have been fostering our grandchild since March. It is now almost September. Both biological parents h...