In this episode we talk to Jason and Amanda Palmer who are both foster and adoptive parents. They also have their own podcast Foster Care: An Unparalleled Journey.
Jason and Amanda Palmer have been together for the last 20 years. Altogether they have laid claim to 7 full-time children and fostered roughly 20 kids in their home. Right now, they have 4 and 6-year-old boys Turtle and Twitch, a 12-year-old daughter Jahnyia, and 14 and 19-year-old boys Desean and Austin. Our 21-year-old son CJ is married and our daughter Arissa would have been 23 this year. Amanda has worked with older ladies with mental and physical disabilities for the last few years. Jason is a local truck driver and a hobbyist blacksmith who has been seen on the History Channel’s TV series Forged in Fire.
Together they were interested in looking into adoption at one point and found foster care to be the route they were meant to take. The first sibling group of foster kids ended up being their first 2 adoptions and eventually 2 more kids were added to their family.
They have been involved in foster care and adoption for the last decade but took a few years off when their oldest daughter died from a disease known as HLH. They have just reopened their foster license and are ready for the next chapter of life.
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Fostering as a Single Parent with Jenn Thatcher
Navigating Sticky Situations with Rebecca Britt
Breaking Down the Different Types of Adoption with Jennifer Fairfax, Esq.
Healing Trauma through Media and Play with Darren Fink
Reflection and Clarity of Vision with Rebecca Britt
The Stuff Nobody Talks About with Marcy Tocker
Creating Trauma Sensitive Schools with Dr. Melissa Sadin
Ambiguous Loss and Lifebooks with Beth Tyson
Loving Relentlessly after Foster Care with Tori Petersen
From Foster Care to Foster Mom and Social Worker with Kristine Pienkowski Part 2
From Foster Care to Foster Mom and Social Worker with Kristine Pienkowski Part 1
Practical tools for when the work gets tough with Rebecca Hubbard
Raising the Challenging Child with Karen Doyle Buckwalter Part 2
Raising the Challenging Child with Karen Doyle Buckwalter Part 1
Aging out of Foster Care with Pamela Bress
Only Black Girl: Supporting Transracial Adoptees
Virtual Foster Parent Resources with Foster Care Institute Founder Dr. John Degarmo
Giving 8 Children a Safe Place to Land with Tonja Tristan Johnson
Exploring Your Inner Child with The Way of the Horse Founder Dina Shale
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