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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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
Interview with Sarah Sentilles, author of "Stranger Care"
Blending Children by Birth and Adoption
Taking Care of Yourself When Parenting Harder to Parent Kids
Impact of OTC Drugs on Fertility
Talking with Young Children about Adoption and Birth Parents
Practical Tips for Disciplining Children Who Have Experienced Trauma
Panel of Kinship Caregivers: What's It Really Like
Helping Parents & Kids Manage Phones, Internet, & Gaming
Genetics and Fertility
Impact of Fostering on Kids Already in the Family
Attachment 101
Impact of Prenatal Exposure to Opiates, Opioids, Methadone, Suboxone, and Other Common Drugs
Coping with Pregnancy Loss and Miscarriage
Adopting as a Single Parent
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