Adoption, Fostering & Tea: The New Family Social Podcast

21 - Fostering, adoption, and splitting up

Hope fostered with her wife, adopted one of their children, then got divorced.

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20 - Adopting again after a long break

Sarah talks about adopting a daughter nine years after adopting her son.

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19 - The Great Behaviour Breakdown

How training and support can help to overcome attachment difficulties.

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18 - ”We weren’t allowed in the foster carer’s house”

Adopting a four year old at the height of Covid-19 lockdown.

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17 - Short-term and respite foster carer

Joy is in her late 60s and has been fostering for ten years.

 

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16 - A really wonderful family life together

Stonewall's CEO Nancy shares her uplifting experience of adoption

 

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15 - Three children talk about adoption

Sean (14), Rosa (11) and Zach (8), talk about adoption.  The older children are donor-conceived and their younger brother is adopted.

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14 - “I’ve been a foster carer for three years”

Jasmine talks about the joys and challenges of being a foster carer.

 

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13 - ”I’m a black, gay, single adopter”

Leon talks about becoming a dad and being a role model for others.  Listen to his story and follow him on Instagram @lots_andlotsoflove

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12 - ”I was adopted by a white family”

Toni was adopted by a white family in the 1970s. Now she's a social worker and an adopter herself.

 

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