Episodes

Monday Apr 20, 2020
Home schooling
Monday Apr 20, 2020
Monday Apr 20, 2020
It's day who knows what, we've had to step up and home school the little dude. How has that gone? What has worked and what has failed? What lessons have we learned from the whole experience? Find out on todays episode.

Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
Interviewing the little dude
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020
Hey all! Thanks to the incredible talents of a listener called Liz, I am able to bring you an interview with Little Dude and a social worker, talking about what it is like to have 2 dads and other opinions from an adoptee. As always, you are more than welcome to bring your questions to us as a family to answer. Stay safe!
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Monday Apr 06, 2020
Meeting our little dude
Monday Apr 06, 2020
Monday Apr 06, 2020
I'm reflecting on the first time that we met our Little Dude and how that felt. I talk through the process leading up to our first encounter...feels like a very long time back now, but the memory is as fresh as ever! :-)
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Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
Friends!!
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
Wednesday Apr 01, 2020
I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to fall! (Come on, you know you sang it too!!)
In this episode, I am catching up with a great friend, who was truly instrumental in helping me to go down the road of adoption and whom I owe a lot too. We discuss, what it is like to see your friend go through the process and what some of the challenges or worries may be.
Have a listen and let us know if you have any questions.
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Monday Mar 23, 2020
How are you?
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Monday Mar 23, 2020
Corona has hit the world and everyone is feeling the stress. We are talking today about how we are all feeling and what to do in the moment of stress. What can we all do to help out and support the community?
Drop us a line with your thoughts and how you are feeling at the moment.

Monday Mar 09, 2020
LGBT+ Fostering and Adoption week
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Being in a same-sex relationship means that we are asked questions like 'how was the process for you being a gay couple?' and 'Did you find you were treated differently because you were gay?'. We know that many people regardless of their sexuality question whether they can be parents, in today's episode we look at our journey as 2 dads and how this has had an effect on our Little Dude.
As always, we would love to hear your thoughts and stories or questions, so drop us a line on:
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Twitter: AdoptionAdvent1
Or email: adoptionadventures123@gmail.com

Monday Mar 02, 2020
Pets!!
Monday Mar 02, 2020
Monday Mar 02, 2020
I've been contacted by a listener, they have been told that they need to have someone assess their pets and identify if it would be safe for a child to live there with the dogs?? What would you do? How would you react?
Well, in today's episode, we discuss this and I give some views on the matter.
I have also discussed the topics of some up and coming episodes, I am asking for your feedback on what you would like to know about each of the subjects or any of them and I will guide the episode in that way.
Topics:
Adopting when you have a birth child
An Adoptee is adopting, what would you like to ask them?
The assessment process
Panel
Friends, and how can they help?
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Monday Feb 24, 2020
Trauma
Monday Feb 24, 2020
Monday Feb 24, 2020
I have spoken with some people in the world of adoption and it is common for people to be worried about trauma and the impacts that this can have on children. Today, we discuss this at length and look at the impact of trauma and how we should work with it.
As always, check out our social media and drop us a line, or drop us a contact on our email at adoptionadventures123@gmail.com

Tuesday Feb 18, 2020
Siblings!!
Tuesday Feb 18, 2020
Tuesday Feb 18, 2020
We met up with Little Dude's brother yesterday, it raised the questions of, how do siblings get separated? And how do they feel about it? Today, I delve into that very subject and discuss how the Little Dude and his brother feel about one another and the questions that they have.
As always, you can find us on our social media for any questions you have:
Facebook and Instagram is Adoption.Adventures
Twitter is AdoptionAdvent1
Email is adoptionadventures123@gmail.com

Monday Feb 10, 2020
Meet Dad, the secondary carer
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Here comes the views from Dad, he has been the secondary carer over these years'. We asked our listeners to send in their questions and let us know what they would like answered. Here, he sits with us and gives his experiences.
As always, feel free to follow our social media and drop us any questions you have.
Email: adoptionadventures123@gmail.com
Twitter: AdoptionAdvent1
Facebook and Instagram: Adoption.Adventures