Episode 156: Fighting the Fear of Stigma in Foster Care and Adoption

Fostering Voices Podcast

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

Links:

What Happened to You : Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

Hardcover – April 27, 2021

by Oprah Winfrey (Author), Bruce D. Perry (Author)

https://a.co/d/hke5wqN

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)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0593239911?aaxitk=73e15f98719317c85bc0256cb8f76c56&pd_rd_plhdr=t&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&ref=dacx_dp_577378484348386487_580878620785794769

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