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A Crash Course in Parenting Grieving Kids
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A Crash Course in Parenting Grieving Kids

Gains Are Also Losses
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*Due to a scheduling error, this episode was actually available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts last week and there will be another episode next Thursday. Bonus!

This week I'm talking to Austin Liston who entered parenthood fast when he started dating Chad, his now husband, who already had two kids. Then they decided to have more kids and ended up with four foster children. Austin co-hosts the wonderful podcast Best Wives Club with his best friend, Amanda, who happens to be Chad's ex-wife. We talked about how the loss of their birth parents affects his young kids and how he and Chad try to make space for all the feelings that come with that. For someone who had little experience parenting before he found himself co-parenting six kids, Austin has an amazing attitude and sense of humor that makes talking with him extra fun. I really appreciated his unique perspective on the challenges of parenting kids through changes and transitions, especially when you don't have much control over the circumstances.

Music by Josephine Wiggs from her Album "We Fall."

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