- 23
- Episodes
- 17
- Transcribed
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About Family Matters
Join us for Family Matters, a podcast dedicated to exploring the many facets of adoption, care experience, and parenting. In each episode, we dive into personal stories, expert insights, and real-life challenges that shape the journey of being parented and parenting. With guidance from our team of psychologists, we tackle pressing issues around identity, family history, and more. Whether you're an adoptive parent, care-experienced, or simply curious, tune in for meaningful conversations that offer support, understanding, and inspiration. To find out more about Adoption UK visit our website https://www.adoptionuk.org/. If you need support visit our Information and Support https://www.adoptionuk.org/get-help-now.
- Publisher
- Adoption UK
- Category
- business · kids & family · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 17 Oct 2024
- Latest episode
- 21 Oct 2025
Latest episodes
17 of 23 episodes have a transcript.
21 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT
Lost Boys, Fairies & Real Life: Daf x James on Adoption & Storytelling
20 Aug 2025TRANSCRIPT
Far Beyond the Adoption Order: Trauma, love, and the fight for support
24 Jul 2025TRANSCRIPT
'What Has Worked for You?' Simon Benn asks for your insights on trauma and healing
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Lost Boys, Fairies & Real Life: Daf x James on Adoption & Storytelling
Published 21 Oct 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I think, you know, you see that with Tracy Beaker, but, you know, she, she was kind of inventing all these stories about her mum, that she was a Hollywood actor, you know, an actor in a Hollywood or a journalist, or she's just these very big, myth -like, mythical ideas, because, you know, when you are disconnected from your birth family, from those people, it's really easy to them, kind of as a coping mechanism, build up these stories about them. Yeah, and I think adoption and stories are just very intertwined with each other. […]
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- Daf James
- James
- Euan Preston
- Gillian Elam
- Simon Benn
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