Adoption, Fostering & Tea: The New Family Social Podcast

31 - Foster carers from Muslim backgrounds

Nowal and Sarah are fostering a teenager. They talk about the assessment process, family support and knowing your limits!

 

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30 - Adopting older children

Sam and his partner adopted older siblings. He talks about parenting teenagers.

 

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29 - Adopting when you’re non-binary

Charlie talks about their successful, if tricky, adoption journey as an out non-binary person.

 

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28 - Young couple from abroad waiting for a match.

Adopting in the UK as a young couple from abroad.

 

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27 - Prospective adopters at stage two

Jessie and Kate are in the adoption application process and starting to think about a child coming home.

 

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26 - Fostering a teenager as a single gay man

Dan started fostering four months ago and tells us what it's like to care for a teenager as a single carer.

 

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25 - How out do we have to be?

What does 'out' look like in different cultures?

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24 - Parenting traumatised siblings

Psychotherapist Nino talks about parenting his three traumatised children.

 

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23 - We’ve just adopted siblings

Stuart and Simon adopted a brother and sister.  They talk about how they made the decision to adopt siblings and what it's been like.

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22 - ”Our child is out there”

Marie talks about her second match falling through and the search for her next child.

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