Adoption Shared
Adoption Shared
Latest Episodes
Season 6: Writing to Heal: Reclaiming Adoption Stories
Stories play a powerful role in shaping how adoption is understood, both within families and in wider society. For adoptees, writing can offer a way to explore identity, make sense of complex experiences and reclaim narratives that have often b...
Season 6: What I Wish My Parents Knew About Adoption
Adopted people often reflect on their experiences differently as they grow older, gaining new perspectives on identity, belonging, family and what support felt most meaningful along the way. This episode centres adoptee experience, offering par...
Season 6: Choosing Adoption Books for Young Children
Children's books can play an important role in helping young children understand adoption, explore questions of identity and belonging, and find language for feelings that can be difficult to express. This episode focuses on how parents can cho...
Season 6: Understanding Adoption Through Stories – How Narratives Shape Parenting
Stories can help adoptive parents see adoption from a different perspective. Whether through memoirs, books, articles or personal accounts, they can open up new ways of understanding a child’s experiences and create opportunities for more thoug...
Understanding Your Teen: Adoption Through Their Eyes
This special episode is part of our Teens and Tweens Support Programme, funded by Adoption England, which supports adoptive parents as their children move into adolescence. It focuses on what adoption can feel like during the teenage years, dra...