Sep 8, 2026 · 34 min · 8 segments
In this episode, Kim King and Heather Featherston discuss what it's like adopting when you already have kids. They answer common questions about whether having children affects your chances of being…
Heather FeatherstonHost
Kim KingHostsometimes we don't remember that sometimes when families are coming to adopt, They may not be first-time parents.
But we don't hear a lot really about how to parent or how to incorporate our adoption journey into our parenting during that that time while we are waiting to adopt or even just pursuing the steps that are needed to adopt.
And sometimes I know, Kim, we both get questions from people who want to pursue adoption, like does already having children make it harder to be chosen by an expectant mother? Or, you know, is there something different about the home study if we have kids? even how do we balance our children we have now when the mom that chooses us goes into labor? What do we do with the kids? So today we're gonna really answer some of those questions that at least for me, as I read and consume information about adoption, I don't see those questions answered very often.
And I love that we're talking about this because these truly are things that adoptive parents ask me Every week, at least one or two families that I meet with every week is already parenting a child or two and hoping to grow their family through adoption.
And one thing that weighs on their mind a lot, and we should talk about it, is does having a child already keep them from being chosen? Is it a deterrent for birth moms?
When Moms are considering adoption and looking at families as they consider who they want to adopt their child.
Sometimes I've heard from moms, they would like parents who have already adopted and have an open adoption because they see that as kind of evidence that they are successfully navigating that relationship and keeping that commitment.
And this is one of those things that will set you apart a little bit and make you different.
sometimes we don't remember that sometimes when families are coming to adopt, They may not be first-time parents.
But we don't hear a lot really about how to parent or how to incorporate our adoption journey into our parenting during that that time while we are waiting to adopt or even just pursuing the steps that are needed to adopt.
And sometimes I know, Kim, we both get questions from people who want to pursue adoption, like does already having children make it harder to be chosen by an expectant mother? Or, you know, is there something different about the home study if we have kids? even how do we balance our children we have now when the mom that chooses us goes into labor? What do we do with the kids? So today we're gonna really answer some of those questions that at least for me, as I read and consume information about adoption, I don't see those questions answered very often.
And I love that we're talking about this because these truly are things that adoptive parents ask me Every week, at least one or two families that I meet with every week is already parenting a child or two and hoping to grow their family through adoption.
And one thing that weighs on their mind a lot, and we should talk about it, is does having a child already keep them from being chosen? Is it a deterrent for birth moms?
When Moms are considering adoption and looking at families as they consider who they want to adopt their child.
Sometimes I've heard from moms, they would like parents who have already adopted and have an open adoption because they see that as kind of evidence that they are successfully navigating that relationship and keeping that commitment.
And this is one of those things that will set you apart a little bit and make you different.
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