Apr 25, 2023
Summary:
What happens when you choose to put your comfort space aside and open up your heart and home to a child in foster care? Spoiler alert, it can be humbling, messy, and chaotic at times, but it can also be the most rewarding experience that will change your life and the life of another, forever.
Join us as we have a conversation with Stacy Bradley on Fighting the Fear of Stigma in Foster Care and Adoption. Stacy is an adoptive mom and former foster parent who has gone on the journey, advocated hard for her kiddos, and is a pretty cool person to boot!
Chapters:
0:02 - Introduction
0:31 - Welcome
0:45 - Introduce Stacy Bradley
1:22 - Get to Know Stacy Bradley
3:08 - Learning Experiences
4:40 - Sharing the Journey
5:25 - Learning to Compromise
7:01 - Fear Associated with Stigmas
8:57 - Getting the Wrong Impression
11:28 - The Response to the Wrong Impression
13:09 - What are the Different Stigmas?
14:48 - There's Something Wrong with these Kids
16:59 - Birth Families are Scary
19:48 - These Kids are Lucky
20:38 - The Emotional Journey
22:37 - These Kids are Orphans
23:42 - It's a Learning Experience Every Day
24:35 - When the Answer is Found on Pinterest
25:30 - It's a True Partnership
26:42 - Getting Fired by a 5-year Old
28:56 - Stepping Through the Fear
31:52 - It's not About Being Brave
33:04 - Be Willing to do Something
36:27 - A Smile Goes a Long Way
36:59 - Episode Takeaway
37:35 - The Hope
38:08 - Resources
38:22 - Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey
38:39 - SAGE Journal
39:41 - Poverty by America by Matthew Dezmond
41:12 - Outro
What Happened to You : Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
Hardcover – April 27, 2021
by Oprah Winfrey (Author), Bruce D. Perry (Author)
Keeping secrets: how children in foster care manage stigma
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0308575918823436
Poverty, by America
Hardcover – March 21, 2023
by Matthew Desmond (Author)
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