Episode 33 – Why Our Kids Should See Their Birth Mom
We had some movement on the mediation process and it’s not looking so great. So with that in mind we review for ourselves, why we’re interested in post-adoption visits in the first place.
Foster & Adoption Parenting Podcast
Join foster parents Tim and Wendy as they discuss foster care and adoption. With humor, insight and Christian faith, they share their everyday ups and downs as a foster family with hopes of adoption. Get your questions answered about the foster and fost adopt system while following Tim and Wendy as they journey through the process. What is it like to deal with the system? Are all social workers really jaded? How intrusive is it on your life? All these questions and more will be answered from a real-life perspective. Watch out! You may find yourself thinking about fostering or adopting too!
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Elizabeth V. said,
April 29, 2008 @ 5:44 pm
Hey Wendy, Did you turn the other cheek?
Robin Lynn said,
April 30, 2008 @ 5:07 pm
I just discovered your podcast (or rather my husband did) and we’ve been listening to it voraciously for the past two days. Thank you so much!
We’re about to get three-year-old twin girls placed with us as a concurrent planning family. We’re laughing and getting teary listening to our future. We already know what a bumpy ride this is going to be, and then we feel like we don’t know the half of it. We really appreciate your perspective as we try to honor God and everyone involved in this process. I’ll be praying for you, but please keep podcasting. It’s absolutely therapeutic for my husband and I, and gives us so much fodder for discussion.
Nicole R. said,
May 1, 2008 @ 7:47 am
Hi!!!
I ran across your podacst about a month ago and I am so thankful that I did. My husband and I are taking classes to become foster parents and have just started the homestudy process.
I love listening to your experiences! You always answer alot of the questions that we’re still unsure about.
Thank you so much for being brave enough to put this podcast out and please keep it going. I love listening and I love your sense of humor on your topics.
Nicole
Tim said,
May 4, 2008 @ 11:17 am
Hi Robin and Nicole,
Thanks for letting us know you’re out there. We’re super glad you found us.
Tim
Lionel said,
May 4, 2008 @ 4:13 pm
HI Wendy Hi Tim
Just wondering if anyone else has come across this kind of situation. Where prospective adoptive parents are used as bait for Foster Parents to adopt their foster children. It hasn’t hapenned to me but to friends I know.
Just a million things that can go wrong, went wrong, and basically it all came down to the prospective adoptive parents were just used as bait, to lure the foster parent into adopting. course they are hoping they still have the prospective adoptive parent still hooked to adopt another child, but I find the whole thing crooked and shady.
The prospective parents were even of the same racial background but that didn’t really play into any deciisions. I think that is only required if the child is Native, otherwise if the prospective adoptive parent is Native and the foster parent is not, the the prospective adoptive parent would trump the foster parent in adoption.
Just wondering what other people think
Lionel
Krysta and Dan said,
May 5, 2008 @ 1:50 pm
We are promoting you and National Foster Care Month on our blog! Let us know if there is anything else we can do.