Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Nurturing Through Adversity
The Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Podcast
Are you a grandparent raising grandchildren, an aunt, uncle, or another relative stepping in to provide a stable home? You are a kinship caregiver—the "Invisible CEO" of your family. While the road is often steep, you are not walking it alone.
Hosted by Laura Brazan, The 2.7 Million Project is the dedicated digital boardroom for the millions of families navigating the complexities of kinship care. Our mission is to move families from a state of crisis to a state of family resilience by providing the tools, expert insights, and community support you need to lead your home with a "Warrior’s Heart."
In our boardroom, we tackle the topics that matter most:
- Emotional Literacy: Learning how to identify, understand, and respond to the complex feelings of both the caregiver and the child.
- Trauma-Informed Care: Practical strategies for raising children who have experienced loss, abandonment, or the impact of a parent’s addiction.
- Family Resilience: How to rebuild the family tree and maintain your own well-being while navigating second-time parenting.
- Kinship Caregiver Resources: Expert advice on legal guardianship, financial assistance, and the "Invisible CEO" framework for sanity.
With 100+ episodes featuring experts in child psychology, systems management, and family dynamics, we provide a trauma-informed lens on the everyday challenges of grandparents raising grandchildren. Whether you are looking for ways to foster emotional literacy in your home or simply need to know there is a village behind you, you have found your home.
🕊️ Join the Village: Subscribe to the channel to join our community of 2.7 million warrior hearts. 🔗 Resources & Support: Visit https://www.grandparents-raising-grandchildren.org/ for the "Invisible CEO" toolkit and kinship support.
Episodes
132 episodes
Ditching Caregiver Guilt & Protecting Your Nervous System
Are you a grandparent or kinship caregiver, shouldering the immense responsibility of raising children scarred by trauma? Do you often feel overwhelmed, running on empty to shield your grandchildren from the cracks in a broken system? Are you c...
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The Unspoken Truth About Kinship Care & Foster Systems
Do you ever feel unseen as a grandparent or relative raising grandchildren—overlooked by the very systems meant to protect children? Have you discovered, the hard way, that the so-called “support” for kinship caregivers is riddled with gaps, bu...
Moving From Crisis- Kinship Care Policy Reform
Are you a grandparent or kin stepping into the role of caregiver, feeling overwhelmed by systems that seem designed to ignore your voice? Do you find yourself battling not just sleepless nights and bureaucratic tangles, but also the invisible w...
Why Data is the Key to Structural Support For Kinship Caregivers
Do you ever feel lost in the maze of court dates, school meetings, and sleepless nights, forced into a role you never expected? Are you a grandparent who has become the last line of defense for your family, while the system treats your love and...
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren- Reclaiming the Neurodiverse Household
Are you a grandparent navigating the chaos of raising neurodivergent grandchildren, feeling like you’re exceeding your emotional limits every single day? Do you find yourself craving just one uninterrupted breath, struggling to reconcile the cl...
Trauma Recovery and Kinship Care: Evidence-based Strategies for Rural Caregivers
Are you a grandparent stepping into the role of raising grandchildren, questioning how to build a sanctuary out of chaos—especially when trauma lingers in your family’s story? Do legal barriers, relentless exhaustion, or the stigma of addiction...
Therapeutic Storytelling for Kinship Care- Helping Traumatized Children Find Their Voice
Have you ever felt like the system is writing the ending of your grandchild’s story before they’ve even found their voice? Are your grandchildren weighed down by labels—traumatized, behind, abnormal—while you’re expected to manage their pain an...
Kinship Care Resources for DuPage County and the AgeGuide Region of Illinois
Are you a grandparent or relative in DuPage County or the AgeGuide region of Illinois suddenly responsible for raising a child? Are mounting legal bills, light bills, or school fees starting to feel heavier than your emotional reserves? Does th...
Is it ADHD, Autism or Invisible Toxins? A Biological Audit for Kinship Kids
Have you ever wondered whether your grandchild’s emotional outbursts, hyperactivity, or inability to focus are really the result of past trauma—or if something deeper might be at play in their bodies? Are you overwhelmed trying to balance house...
The Science of Generativity- How Kinship Care Prevents Cognitive Decline
Have you ever been told that your golden years should be about rest, only to find yourself back in the world of school runs, sports practices, and sleepless nights? Are you a grandparent raising your grandchildren, wrestling with exhaustion and...
Eating Disorders, Chronic Illness and the Kinship Caregiver
Are you a grandparent shouldering the daily stress of raising your grandchildren while quietly navigating your own chronic pain or health challenges? Is the health of the kinship caregiver your top priority? Have you found yourself getting up a...
How to Forgive the Unforgivable- A Step-by-Step Guide for Kinship Caregivers
Are you a grandparent raising grandchildren, carrying the silent weight of anger, resentment, or shame from a family crisis? Have you been told to “just forgive” but found that advice hollow, leaving you alone with pain that keeps resurfacing? ...
Managing Emotional Exhaustion and Caregiver Burnout
Are you a grandparent thrust unexpectedly into raising your grandchildren, feeling the relentless drizzle of exhaustion and emotional burnout, even as you keep your family afloat? Do you sometimes find yourself trapped in a loop of irritation o...
Sleep Training for Trauma-Impacted Children
Does bedtime feel less like a cozy ritual and more like crossing a battlefield filled with tears, anxiety, and wakeful shadows? Are you a grandparent tirelessly nurturing grandchildren scarred by trauma, craving not just peace at the end of the...
Parenting Teens in Kinship Care: Building Trust and Reducing Conflict
Do you ever wonder how to truly connect with a teen who’s pushing you away, when every word feels like it could spark a door-slam or an icy silence? Are you a grandparent navigating the dizzying maze of kinship care—grappling with the fear that...
Adopting Your Grandchild: Navigating Court Hurdles and Winning
Are you a grandparent fighting to legally adopt your grandchild, drowning in red tape and wondering if the finish line will ever come? Have you sat through courtrooms hoping to be heard, worried for your grandchild’s safety, and navigating a sy...
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Grandparents Raising Grandchildren- Beating Burnout, Supporting Marriage, and Thriving Through Change
Are you a grandparent thrust into the role of primary caregiver, managing the relentless stress, marriage challenges, and behavioral transitions that come with raising your grandchildren? Do you wonder how to move from surviving daily crises to...
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Breaking Generational Trauma- How A Grandchild Raised By His Grandmother Found Healing
Are you a grandparent, caregiver, or child impacted by generational trauma? Do you wrestle with questions of connection, healing, and the hope to break repeating patterns? Are you searching for authentic guidance to rewrite your family’s future...
Acceptance vs. Resignation: How Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Can Thrive
Are you a grandparent who finds yourself stepping back into the exhausting world of parenting, unexpectedly raising your grandchildren in the wake of family upheaval? Do you ever mourn the peaceful retirement you imagined, longing for slow morn...
The High Cost of Kinship: Fentanyl, 401Ks- a Grandmother's Survival Story
Have you lost a child to the fentanyl crisis and now find yourself raising a grandchild while navigating profound grief, financial upheaval, and relentless societal judgment? Are you searching for understanding, practical support, and a communi...
Tending the Fires: Slow Growth for Kinship Family Resilience
Are you a grandparent overwhelmed by the high-paced chaos of raising grandchildren, trying to break cycles of crisis and create lasting stability? Do you find yourself burning out, reacting to emergencies instead of building a resilient, nurtur...
Navigating IEP's, 504's and Medical Neglect- A Legal Framework For Kinship Care
Are you a grandparent or kinship caregiver navigating the maze of IEPs, 504 plans, and medical decisions while advocating for a child impacted by trauma and neglect? Do you feel overwhelmed by failing systems, mislabeled as a troublemaker simpl...
Breaking Generational Labels: Identity Restoration for Kinship Youth
Welcome to this powerful episode featuring Brayden, an “identity restorer” and dream catalyst whose work with the rising generation will inspire and equip you. Together, we dive deep into his personal journey from self-doubt to empowerment, the...
How to Handle Behavioral Problems in Kinship Care | The 5 C’s Framework
Are you a grandparent raising grandchildren while trying to balance compassion with structure in your home? Do you find yourself reverting to “because I said so” parenting, only to meet resistance, trauma triggers, or confusion from the childre...
Dyslexia and the Kinship Classroom: Advocacy for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Are you a grandparent raising grandchildren who struggle with dyslexia, ADHD, or other learning challenges, feeling the pressure of school evaluations and overwhelming labels? Are you questioning how to advocate for your grandchild in a world t...
