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The Adoption & Foster Care JourneyAuthor: Sandra Flach
Host Sandra Flach is a mom of 8 children, 5 through adoptionone kinship and 4 international. Her youngest 2 are teens diagnosed with a Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). With over 30 years of parenting experience and 20 plus years as an adoptive and kinship parent, shes made mountains of mistakes and learned loads of lessons. She understands the difficult road of parenting children with trauma historiesand she is still in the trenches! The Adoption & Foster Care Journey is a podcast to encourage, educate, and equip you to care for children in crisis through adoption, foster care, and kinship care. We aim to support adoptive and foster families by sharing encouraging real-life stories and equipping them with modern-day research and parenting techniques. Language: en Genres: Christianity, Kids & Family, Parenting, Religion & Spirituality Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Episode 556 - Vulnerable Children in a Digital Age with Dr. Nicole Wilke
Episode 576
Monday, 2 November, 2026
"Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety." -Proverbs 11:14 On this episode, host Sandra Flach talks with Nicole Wilke, PhD., is a child welfare researcher, missionary, author, and marriage and family therapist dedicated to improving care for vulnerable children and families globally. She currently serves as CAFO’s Director of the Center on Applied Research for Vulnerable Children and Families, bridging research and practice to improve faith-based care. Her passion for this field stems from her family’s experience with adoption and fostering and her extensive professional work with at-risk children and families For foster and adoptive families, technology can intensify the struggles children already face with attachment, emotional regulation, attention, and self-control. Listen in as Sandra and Nicole, co-author of Vulnerable Children in a Digital Age, discuss the impact of technology on children who have experienced early adversity. Nicole shares practical, realistic strategies for setting healthy boundaries, reducing screen time, and helping kids develop a healthier relationship with technology. From device-free family time to navigating smartphones and online safety, this episode offers encouragement and tools parents can start using today. Tune in for a hope-filled conversation about raising kids to control their technology instead of letting technology control them! Find Sandra and Dr. Nicole’s conversation wherever you get your podcasts. Links mentioned in this episode: Vulnerable Children in a Digital Age Free Breath Prayer Download See Available Trainings AFCJ on YouTube justicefororphansny.org justicefororphansny.org/hope-community Email: sandraflach@justicefororphansny.org sandraflach.com Soul Care Saturday—52 Devotions for Foster and Adoptive Moms Orphans No More—A Journey Back to the Father book on Amazon
