Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption & Foster Care
Kids & Family
How do some kids survive a life of poverty, homelessness, abuse, and foster and eventually thrive? We talk with David Ambroz is a national poverty and child welfare expert and advocate and the author of the memoir, A Place Called Home. He was recognized by President Obama as an American Champion of Change. Currently serving as the Head of Community Engagement (West) for Amazon, Ambroz previously led Corporate Social Responsibility for Walt Disney Television, and has served as president of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission as well as a California Child Welfare Council member. After growing up homeless and then in foster care, he graduated from Vassar College and later earned his J.D. from UCLA School of Law. He is a foster dad and lives in Los Angeles, CA.
In this episode, we cover:
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Talking With Your Adopted or Foster Child About the Hard Parts of Their Story
Primary Ovarian Insufficiency
How to Afford Adoption
Family Building Challenges for Military Families: Adoption, IVF & Fostering
Kinship Caregivers & The Hidden Foster Care System
The Traumatic Impact of Racism
Uterine Fibroids: Causes, Treatment, and Impact on Fertility
How to Raise an Intense Child
How to Become a Foster Parent
Raising Resilient Kids
How Our Immune System Affects Fertility and Miscarriage
Parenting a Child with Prenatal Exposure
What’s It Like to Be In Foster Care: Former Foster Youth Speak Out
Handling Social Media
Preparing Kids Already in the Home for an Adoption
Is Human Fertility Declining and What Can We Do About It
Adopting a Relative from Abroad
How to Raise a Child Who Will Thrive
Partnering with Birth Parents in Foster Care
The Endocrine System, Thyroid Gland, and Fertility
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