LGBTQ+ Parenting (Part 1): Surrogacy

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12/08/21

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What's it like for a gay couple to create their family through egg donation and surrogacy. We talk with Armando Correa, People Magazine En Español's Editor In Chief and author of In Search of Emma: How We Created Our Family.
In this episode, we cover:

Did you always want to be a parent?
Did you think that you would get to realize that dream?
What options for becoming a parent did you consider?
Why did you decide on surrogacy?
Did you also use a separate egg donor?
What was your process to finding an egg donor and surrogate?
Was cost a consideration?
How much did it cost you in total to become Emma’s dad?
What has happened to your family since Emma arrived?
What would you recommend to other gay guys who want to become a father?

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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.
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Child Hosting Programs: Getting Prepared to be a Host Family

December 1, 2021

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Have you ever thought of hosting a child for the summer or over the winter holidays? Check out this show where we interview Kathy Holiday who worked in adoption for 25 years and she supervised the child hosting program for Children’s House International.
In this episode, we cover:

What are child hosting programs?
What is the purpose of a child hosting program?
What are some of the ways different agencies design their hosting programs?
- Whether they are open to families that do not want to adopt, but are willing to advocate for the child.
- When they have host sessions. What times of year?
- Length of time the children are here.
How much does it usually cost for a host family?
Are there many differences in cost to the host family?
What type of training?
What is the age range of children commonly available for hosting?
What type of special needs do you commonly see?
What are the children told before they come? Are they aware that they are "on trial" to be adopted? (Be on your best behavior if you want to get adopted?) Do hosting programs put too much burden on kids and set them up for feeling like a failure?
What type of trauma have the children experienced in the past?
Influence of trauma. Typical behaviors you might see in the short term.
Language issues?
How much information are you given on the child before you decide whether to accept?
What type of home study is usually required?
How to prepare children already in the home?
How much do you share with the children in the home about your interest in hosting? Should you share that you might adopt the child?
Disciplining a host child?
What type of support should you expect from your hosting agency?
Advocating for your host child or for other children in the orphanage. What do you mean by advocating and how do you do it?
If you decide to adopt this child, what is the typical process and how long does it take?
What are the benefits to being a host family?

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LGBTQ+ Parenting (Part 2): Adoption

December 15, 2021

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43m

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We talk about LGBTQ+ adoption with Dr. Abbie Goldberg, a Professor of Psychology and Director of Women’s & Gender Studies at Clark University. Her research and writing focus on diverse families, including LGBTQ parent and adoptive families, and she has authored and edited 8 books and over 130 peer-reviewed articles in this area.
In this episode, we cover:

Legality of LGBTQ+ parents adopting in the US.
Statistics on LGBTQ+ adoptions. Percentage, transracial, foster care adoption
Do you see any residual prejudice against LGBTQ+ parents when wanting to adopt or foster? Foster care? Domestic infant? International? Embryo?
Hesitancy with placing with someone who is transgender?
Does open adoption look different in LGBTQ+ adoptive families.
Do LGBTQ+ parents parent in ways that are different than cisgender heterosexual parents?
How are children in LGBTQ+ faring?
Lesbian, gay, and heterosexual adoptive parents’ experiences with pediatricians: A mixed-methods study.
Parental naming practices in same-sex adoptive families.
How are LGBTQ+ youth in foster care doing?

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