Episode

Too Many Goodbyes: How Foster Care Instability Impacts Children

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Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
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Aug 19, 2026
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Summary

Drop us some Fan Mail. Thanks! Children in foster care can experience far more than a change in placement. They may lose caregivers, siblings, schools, routines, communities, caseworkers, therapists, and other trusted relationships—sometimes again and again. What does that repeated instability mean for a child’s behavior, sense of safety, and ability to trust? In this episode, we talk with Rita Soronen, President and CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, about the impact of foster c...