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Is It Harder for Singles to Adopt? - Weekend Wisdom

Season 19 Episode 30

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Question: Hello, I am a single parent by choice and a hopeful adoptive parent. I've been working with an agency and wai…

1 year ago

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Impact of Prenatal Exposure to Opioids and Opioid-Use Treatment Medications

Season 19 Episode 29

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Are you considering adopting or fostering a child who was exposed prenatally to opioids or opioid-use treatment medicat…

1 year ago

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Both My Parents Were Transracially Adopted - Weekend Wisdom

Season 19 Episode 28

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Question: Can you talk about how being transracially adopted effects how adoptee’s children were raised? Both of my par…

1 year ago

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Taming Sibling Squabbles

Season 19 Episode 27

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Do your kids fight? Does it drive you crazy. Join us to learn some helpful tips for handling sibling rivalry and fighti…

1 year, 1 month ago

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Trauma and the Teen Years

Season 19 Episode 26

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Question:  I wish I had known what to expect when a child with trauma hit the teen years. Maybe a book suggestion of wh…

1 year, 1 month ago

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Partnering With Relatives for Kinship Care

Season 19 Episode 25

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Why is kinship care important, and what are some of the challenges? Our guests are Gregory Jones, a granddad raising fi…

1 year, 1 month ago

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What Do I Call My Child's Birth Mother? - Weekend Wisdom

Season 19 Episode 24

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Question: My husband and I are in the process of growing our family through adoption. It would be a domestic infant ado…

1 year, 1 month ago

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When Birth Parents Struggle with Addiction, Mental Health, or Intellectual Disabilities

Season 19 Episode 23

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Are your child's birth parents struggling with addiction, mental illness, or intellectual disability? If so, join us fo…

1 year, 1 month ago

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When Do I Tell My Child They Have Birth Siblings? - Weekend Wisdom

Season 19 Episode 22

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I have been listening to your podcast and supporting your mission for several years. We adopted our daughter at birth t…

1 year, 1 month ago

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Adopting Siblings: Issues to Consider

Season 19 Episode 21

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Are you considering adopting a sibling group? Join us for this interview with Deborah Bass Artis, MSW and Senior Progra…

1 year, 1 month ago

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