Adoption, Fostering & Tea: The New Family Social Podcast

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Adoption, Fostering & Tea: The New Family Social Podcast

Adoption and fostering chat with people who’ve done it, from the UK’s LGBT+ adoption and fostering charity, New Family Social.

  1. 1 DAY AGO

    From our first enquiry to parenthood in nine months.

    Yannick and his partner had a fast and smooth journey adopting their five-year-old child, who's been with them for a month.  He talks about activity days and why it's important to be assertive in the process.

    35 min

  2. 08/21/2024

    86 - We've adopted a second pair of siblings this week!

    Adam and Brian adopted a pair of siblings seven years ago and another pair this week. Their children are now 13, 10, 6 and 3. Just days into their life as a family of six, they talk about their hopes and fears and how they're drawing on their experience as parents to support their new children.

    38 min

  3. 08/14/2024

    85 - Early permanence and neurodivergence

    Eddie and his husband had a child place through early permanence who was returned to their birth family.  They went on to adopt two neurodivergent children and Eddie came to realise he also has ADHD.

    42 min

  4. 07/31/2024

    84 - Grandparents speak: "They're all really loved".

    Fiona and Margaret's sons are married to each other and have adopted three children. They talk about their delight at becoming grandparents by adoption, about supporting children with additional needs and about how much they love their grandchildren.

    20 min

  5. 07/24/2024

    83 - A third little monster!

    Tom and Arjay return to the podcast, just a year after adopting twin girls, to tell us they have a new baby.  Their previous podcast was "Tenacious little monsters!" https://newfamilysocial.podbean.com/e/tenacious-little-monsters/ . Just two weeks after their baby arrived, they're tired but delighted.

    30 min

  6. 07/17/2024

    82 - "Allow yourself to dream..."

    Leanne talks about building attachment with her two young children who were adopted together when they were one and two.

    40 min

  7. 06/20/2024

    81 - My adopted kids are reaching adulthood. What next?

    Guy adopted siblings aged four and six.  They're now almost adults and he talks about their journey through education and what steps are available to them next.  Guy runs an event called Step Up Expo which showcases the choices available to young people over 16. link to step up expo

    36 min

  8. 04/17/2024

    80 - Adopting age-gap siblings

    Aubrey and his husband adopted siblings, aged nine and two, at the same time after meeting them at an activity day.  One year on, Aubrey talks about parenting with an age gap, helping an older child settle into a new family and new school, and how activities for the younger child benefit the older one. PACE - https://ddpnetwork.org/about-ddp/meant-pace/ The Invisible String - https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-invisible-string-patrice-karst/2685375?ean=9780316486231

    34 min
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Adoption and fostering chat with people who’ve done it, from the UK’s LGBT+ adoption and fostering charity, New Family Social.

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