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Adoption, Fostering & Tea: The New Family Social Podcast — 102 episodes
120 - A rocky road to adoption
118 - Be assertive!
117 - Everything went wrong in family finding but we're going to matching panel tomorrow!
116 - My children meet their birth parents for contact
115 - First anniversary of our son coming home
114 - Having Complex PTSD helps me support my adopted kids.
113 - Our kids are diagnosed now
112 - A newborn baby through Early Permanence
111 - Adopting an older child after encountering homophobia
110 - "I fostered the child you adopted"
109 - Going to approval panel for early permanence
108 - "Adopting my son made me a better person".
107 - "We're having the time of our lives!"
106 - Bi-erasure in the adoption process
105 - Adoption, Fostering and Tea - Live at Summer Camp
104 - Adopting an older child as older adopters
103 - Newly diagnosed autistic adopter
102 - I researched adoption for ten years before I took the first step.
101 - Our foster-to-adopt baby spent weeks in intensive care.
100 - Adopting in the Public Eye
99 - I've been an adoptive dad for over a decade.
98 - Adoption with a Trans History
97 - Without the New Family Social Summer Camp we wouldn't have our son!
96 - We wanted one baby, we brought home two toddlers!
95 - How we prepared for transracial adoption.
94 - My husband left me and our three kids
93 - It took us four years to adopt!
92 - We're becoming parents in 23 hours!
91 - Our respite foster child has been with us for a decade.
90 - Solo adopter of a child with additional needs.
89 - Changing Agency and Volunteering at Summer Camp
88 - "Our baby was rushed to hospital"
87 - From our first enquiry to parenthood in nine months.
86 - We've adopted a second pair of siblings this week!
85 - Early permanence and neurodivergence
84 - Grandparents speak: "They're all really loved".
83 - A third little monster!
82 - "Allow yourself to dream..."
81 - My adopted kids are reaching adulthood. What next?
80 - Adopting age-gap siblings
79 - A difficult start after adopting twins
78 - Frustrating family-finding
77 - Transracial adoption
76 - Adopting two boys
75 - Filial therapy - play therapy delivered by parents
74 - Fostering to Adopt a baby
73 - Foster carer looking after four teens
72 - ”Tenacious little monsters!”
71 - A contested adoption
70 - Aaron and Adam return with good news!
69 - Adopting when you have depression
68 - Unsure whether to adopt?
67 - Adopting siblings alone is a privilege
66 - Stuart and Simon return having adopted siblings.
65 - Fostering babies
64 - When a match falls through
63 - Losing your partner after adoption
62 - Adoption introductions with two toddlers
61 - Waiting two years to start stage one
60 - We were both adopted and now we’re adopting siblings
59 - Counting down to panel
58 - Things are still hard but they’re improving
57 - We’re open to adopt a large sibling group
56 - Early permanence - when the child returns to birth family
55 - When assessment takes ages
54 - Separating from your partner after adopting
53 - Surviving Christmas!
52 - Family finding
51 - Adopting when you’ve had depression
50 - Family finding as a single gay man
49 - Being asked to adopt another baby
48 - Early permanence after infertility
47 - Adopting after personal trauma
46 - Adopting siblings one at a time
45 - Consensual Non-Monogamy and Adoption
44 - The honeymoon period is over
43 - We adopted one child then did it all over again
42 - Raising three bilingual daughters
41 - Adopting before it was legal
40 - Adopting a baby with cancer
39 - Fostering older children is the best thing I’ve done!
38 - Adopting an older autistic child has been a joy
37 - How has adoption changed in the last 14 years?
36 - Adopting from Abroad
35 - Adopting a child with a serious medical condition.
34 - When introductions go wrong...
33 - Adopting when you’re autistic
32 - When problems feel personal
31 - Foster carers from Muslim backgrounds
30 - Adopting older children
29 - Adopting when you’re non-binary
28 - Young couple from abroad waiting for a match.
27 - Prospective adopters at stage two
26 - Fostering a teenager as a single gay man
25 - How out do we have to be?
24 - Parenting traumatised siblings
23 - We’ve just adopted siblings
22 - ”Our child is out there”
21 - Fostering, adoption, and splitting up
20 - Adopting again after a long break
19 - The Great Behaviour Breakdown
18 - ”We weren’t allowed in the foster carer’s house”