Add Water And Stir: Women Of Color | Adoption | Foster Care | Parenting

Author: Vários
Narrator: Vários
Publisher: Podcast
Duration: 63:04:57
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Synopsis

Add Water and Stir will focus on promoting adoption within communities of color, especially within the African American community. We want to give voice and visibility to families like ours who often seem left out of mainstream adoption conversations. We hope to educate others as we talk about our struggles and triumphs of parenting adopted children. Of course, there will be time for Mimi and ABM will kick it about all kinds of not necessarily adoption related topics as well.

Episodes

AWAS 007: Time Out, Switches & Modern Parenting

23/09/2014 Duration: 01h10min

On the seventh of Add Water and Stir, Mimi and ABM wade into the national discussion about discipline, corporal punishment, communities of color and adoption. They discuss the research and stats about corporal punishment across race and generations, economic predictors and the discipline in adoptive families. The Wine Down focuses on Married at First Sight and the drama with show stars, Vaughn and Monet. @mimicomplex @adoptiveblkmom #addwater

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AWAS 006: What's Going On?

07/09/2014 Duration: 01h09min

ComplicatedMelodi (Mimi) and AdoptiveBlackMom discuss what keeps them awake at night while raising children of color, in the wake of the death of Michael Brown of Ferguson, MO. They chat about what survival skills must be taught and the role of privilege in shaping the racial experience of parents and kids. The Wine Down focuses on Love and Hip Hop and Married at First Sight. @mimicomplex @adoptiveblkmom #addwater

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AWAS 005: Take Your Time, We’ll Wait

24/08/2014 Duration: 01h09min

ComplicatedMelodi (Mimi), AdoptiveBlackMom (ABM) and guest, Future Adopter, discuss the waiting involved in adoption, how to keep busy and manage the emotional side of waiting for your child. The Wine Down catches up on reality tv and host recommendations.

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AWAS 004: It's All About the Match

09/08/2014 Duration: 01h04min

ComplicatedMelodi (Mimi) and AdoptiveBlackMom (ABM) discuss the matching process, using the matching survey tool to understand your parenting aspirations, the emotional fallout from saying no to a placement and the new reality show Married at First Sight.

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AWAS 003: Crumbling Towers of Strength

26/07/2014 Duration: 01h50s

ComplicatedMelodi (Mimi) and AdoptiveBlackMom (ABM) discuss the need for adoptive parents to prioritize self-care, how the politics of CPS and foster care adversely affect poor/low income families and families of color and Love & Hip Hop ATL: Mimi Faust.

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AWAS 002: Reading the Data Leaves and Spilling Adoption Tea

11/07/2014 Duration: 01h01min

In the second episode, ABM and Mimi discuss recent US Census data on adoption, telling folks that you are adopting and defining "normal" in adoptive families.

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AWAS 001: Introducing ABM and Mimi

28/06/2014 Duration: 59min

The inaugural episode of Add Water and Stir, a new podcast devoted to exploring foster care and adoption in communities of color hosted by AdoptiveBlackMom (ABM) and ComplicatedMelodi (Mimi).

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