Episode 4: Kinship – Working with Relatives of Children in Foster Care

09/21/20 • 28 min

Fostering Conversations with Utah Foster Care

Foster parents are encouraged in our classes to interact with relatives of the children in their care. But how do you handle that relationship and why is it important? Hear from a kinship provider, who’s also been a foster parent and from a representative of Utah’s Kinship Coalition.

Guests: Kinship provider and former foster mom Jeanie Pettit and Bacall Hincks, Grandfamilies Program Director for Children’s Service Society of Utah

Guests: Kinship provider and former foster mom Jeanie Pettit and Bacall Hincks, Grandfamilies Program Director for Children’s Service Society of Utah

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Episode 3: Diversity: How to Talk To Your Kids

Talking with children about race and ethnicity can leave many parents feeling unsure about where to begin. How old should your child be to begin the conversation? How do you respond when kids of all ages ask questions about racial issues in the news? One Salt Lake foster family has experience with those conversations and can give you some good tips as to where to start.

Guests: Foster parents Amy and Michael Morris, and Diversity Specialist Esmeralda Malili

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Episode 5: Foster Care Adoption

People can choose to adopt to build their families. Others become foster parents and provide permanent homes for children who can’t reunify with their families.

Whatever the reasons foster-adoptive parents Ryan and Suzie-Marie McCorriston learned being a foster parent changes your perspective forever. Join them, along with foster-adoptive mom Amy Bates, as they share their adoption stories.