Let's Talk Adoption

As a birth mother and adoptive parent, Kim talks about her children and the foster care process in California. Kim shares tips for foster adoption, info about the process, and resources for foster parents.

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Our guest Lori Paris is the author of "Follow Your Heart," a book about a young woman who discovers she was adopted as an infant. Lori herself was adopted at three weeks old through a closed adoption. She shares what it was like living in a closed adoption, not knowing where she came from or who her birth parents were. Lori then tells our Let's Talk Adoption guests about her search for her birth parents, and the joy of being able to have a reunion with them.

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Join us as we hear answers from attorney Jim Handy to questions regarding adopting outside of your state. He touches on a variety of questions that are helpful for anyone who might be interested in an interstate adoption.

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Karen explains her interest in adoption and how she has been touched by adoption. She also answers questions about how to fund your adoption and make adoption a reality in your life.

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Our guest for this episode is adoption professional Marri Rillera, who works for a reunion registry. She joins us to share how adoptees can begin the search for their birth parents. Tune in and learn what it's like to perform an adoption search.

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Our guest for this episode of Let's Talk Adoption is Judi Sobrero, a marriage and family therapist. The adoption triad includes the adoptive parents, birth mother, and the adoptee. Judi talks about how each member of the adoption triad experience grief and loss.  Mardie and Judi discuss loss on a greater scale than just in terms of adoption, then they address loss and grief in adoption specifically.

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Our guest is Kay Kopit, an adoptive mother, business owner, and columnist. Kay was in her fifties when she and her husband adopted. Tune in and learn what older parent adoption is like, as well as the pros and cons of waiting to adopt until you're older.

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Chris Winston has two Korean-born children and is Chairperson for KAAN (Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network). When she adopted her children decades ago, there weren't really any post-placement services available for her family. So, in an effort to meet the needs of their family they joined with other families in a group called Friends of Korea. Then, with the help of the Korean consulate in San Francisco, they founded the KAAN organization to assist others. In this episode, she shares more about Korean adoption and what KAAN does.

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Charlene Yoder joins us to discuss her experience as a birth grandmother. Tune in and hear how she supported her daughter in her adoption decision, the difficulties she faced, and what it's like to be a birth grandmother in an open adoption.

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Licensed professional counselor, licensed marriage & family counselor, and adoptive parent Patricia is the author of "Talking to Your Child About Adoption." She shares her history with adoption, her advocacy for open adoption, and how adoptive parents can most effectively talk to their child about adoption.

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