Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care Podcast
1) Talking to Your Child About the Hard Parts of Their Adoption Story - Weekend Wisdom
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: I recently listened to a podcast featuring an adoptee, a birth mother, and an adoptive parent, which was great. The adoptee...Show More
2) What is Pathological Demand Avoidance and How Do I Parent This Child?
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Are you familiar with pathological demand avoidance? Do you need helpful strategies to raise a child with the challenging behaviors t...Show More
3) When and How to Tell My Child About Their Conception Story - Weekend Wisdom
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: How to talk to your child about their conception story when embryo donation/embryo adoption is involved in forming your fam...Show More
4) How to Talk with Our Kids About the Difficult Parts of Their Stories
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Talking about the difficult parts of our child's story, like abuse or prenatal substance exposure, can be overwhelming. Kelly Weidner...Show More
5) What Documents Do I Need to File for the Adoption Tax Credit? - Weekend Wisdom
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Having the right documentation, signed, dated, and completed, is crucial to maximizing the claim and avoiding delays or audits. But b...Show More
6) The 2025 Adoption Tax Credit
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Let us know about your adoption journey Did you finalize an adoption in 2025 or within the last several years? Are you eligible to cl...Show More
7) Dealing with the Emotional Roller Coaster of Trying to Adopt - Weekend Wisdom
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: An aspect of adopting that we didn’t hear about was how your mental health is challenged throughout the process. It’s a rol...Show More
8) How to Afford Adoption
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Are you considering adoption this year but concerned about how to swing the cost? Join us for a practical conversation about managing...Show More
9) What If My Partner Doesn't Want to Adopt? - Weekend Wisdom
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Question: How do you deal with the emotions of not being able to adopt or foster because your husband doesn't share the desire? Resou...Show More
10) How to Adopt in 2026
Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom. Are you considering adoption to create your family this year? We’ve got answers to all (or most) of your questions. Join our discussi...Show More