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Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
12/06/25
•12m
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Question: Help for a youth dealing with being bullied because they are in foster care?
Resources:
- 5 Steps to Effectively Advocate for a Child Who is Being Bullied
- Are Transracial Adoptees More Likely to Be Bullied?
- Helping Our Kids Cope with Bullies at School
- StopBullying.gov
Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
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Do you feel like raising a child with a history of trauma has stirred up your own traumatic past? If you wonder how to parent from a position of healing, listen to this conversation with Dr. Robyn Koslowitz. She is a psychologist, trauma expert, and author of the new book, Post-Traumatic Parenting: Break the Cycle, Become the Parent You Always Wanted to Be.
In this episode, we discuss:
- You open your book by saying, ‘It’s not you, it’s your trauma.’ That feels like both a relief and a challenge. Can you unpack that for parents and caregivers who blame themselves for every misstep in their parenting?
- When you use the term post-traumatic parent, what do you mean? How does that differ from saying ‘parent with trauma’ or ‘healed parent’?
- Many caregivers feel haunted by an internal guilt that says, “How can I give what I never received?” How can parents or caregivers move from guilt to agency—without glossing over the pain?
- What are the 5 post-traumatic parenting defaults you identify in your book? What do they look like in real-life moments of parenting?
- How does a parent choose not to opt into those old trauma-driven defaults (e.g., yelling, withdrawal, overcontrol) in the moment?
- The metaphor of trauma as an app
- What is the concept of cycle-breaking versus cycle-making, and how is it valuable for breaking those unhealthy parenting patterns?
- What are some practical applications of this post-traumatic parenting reframe?
- How can a parent create and maintain trauma-responsive routines or rituals that will increase a child’s sense of felt safety, without being rigid or feeling like a bunch of rules they must follow?
Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
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Introducing Our New Executive Director, Linda Fiore
December 10, 2025
•45m
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We're thrilled to introduce you to our new Executive Director, Linda Fiore. Listen to today's conversation about her journey to Creating a Family and where we're heading in this next chapter under her leadership.
In this episode, we discuss:
- What first brought you into the world of adoption, foster care, and kinship care?
- When you started out, what was your “why”?
- What values or goals drove your work in those earliest years?
- What was your first introduction to Creating a Family?
- When presented with the opportunity to pursue the position of Executive Director, what was it about our mission or the organization’s evolution that drew your interest?
- How did you know this was the right next step for you?
- What are the pivotal lessons or challenges that shaped your leadership approach?
- When you look at where Creating a Family stands today, what are our greatest strengths?
- Kinship care has become a growing focus area for us. Why do you think kinship support is so critical right now?
- What are some of the plans Creating a Family has to deepen our impact in this space?
- Our online education programs reach families and professionals across the country. From your experiences in the field, why is education so crucial in these spaces?
- As we continue to raise awareness of who we are and how we serve this community, what message do you want people to associate with Creating a Family?
- What stories or values do you hope will come through most clearly?
- Where do you think Creating a Family is heading in the next few years?
- Your “why” has probably evolved — what keeps you going now?
- What’s one thing you’ve learned that you hope every family advocate carries with them from today’s conversation?
- Finally, for those listening or reading who are inspired — individuals, professionals, or organizations — what can they do to join the mission of Creating a Family?
Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:
- Weekly podcasts
- Weekly articles/blog posts
- Resource pages on all aspects of family building
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