Adoption, Fostering & Tea: The New Family Social Podcast

46 - Adopting siblings one at a time

Michael and Matthew adopted a son and, four weeks later, found out another baby was on the way.

 

45 - Consensual Non-Monogamy and Adoption

Mark and his partner are consensually non-monogamous. He talks about how they were outed and the effects on their application to adopt.

44 - The honeymoon period is over

Myfanwy returns to talk about her son's emerging needs. She talks about child to parent violence, anger and waiting for support.

 

Listen to Myfanwy's previous podcast here When introductions go wrong this will open in a new window.

 

 

43 - We adopted one child then did it all over again

Tony and his husband had a straightforward and joyful adoption journey

 

 

 

42 - Raising three bilingual daughters

Avi and Danny adopted three girls one at a time. They speak Hebrew at home. They talk about building their support network and their eldest daughter's emerging needs.

 

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41 - Adopting before it was legal

Lynne talks about applying to adopt before same sex couples were legally allowed to do so and supporting her adult son now.

 

You can listen to her TED talk here https://www.ted.com/talks/lynne_elvins_the_myths_of_gay_adoption

 

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40 - Adopting a baby with cancer

Andrew and John adopted a baby with a rare form of cancer called neuroblastoma. Andrew talks about how they've all coped with the medical uncertainty and how they went on to adopt again.

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39 - Fostering older children is the best thing I’ve done!

John is a single foster carer in Scotland with a ten-year-old child permanently placed with him, a 16-year-old child temporarily placed and a crazy puppy. As someone who admits who knew next to nothing about children when he picked up a leaflet about fostering, he loves being a foster carer.

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38 - Adopting an older autistic child has been a joy

Emily and her partner adopted a seven year old autistic boy who has brought so much into their lives. Emily encourages prospective adopters to be open minded about children with additional needs.

 

Text KIDS to 70490 to give a one-off donation of £10 to help children in care find their forever families with LGBT+ families. Listeners outside the UK can make a donation through our website https://newfamilysocial.org.uk/Donation-Landing Thank you so much.

 

37 - How has adoption changed in the last 14 years?

Andrew, one of England's first adopters in a same-gender relationship, talks to David, who's going through the application process now.

Text KIDS to 70490 to give a one-off donation of £10 to help children in care find their forever families with LGBT+ families. Listeners outside the UK can make a donation through our website https://newfamilysocial.org.uk/Donation-Landing Thank you so much.