Grandparents Raising Grandkids with Catherine Becker - Ep 67

In this week’s Safe Home Podcast, Beth talks with Catherine Becker, founder of the support group called Joys and Challenges of Relative Caregivers. She’s a grandma who is raising her three young grandkids while her daughter struggles with addiction. When she tried to find a tribe of other relatives in her same situation, she didn’t find a group that went deep enough or that was small enough to create personal connections. So she made her own group. Her organization is raising money to provide financial assistance to grandparents and other relatives who are caring for or who have adopted their family members’ children. =============== 💌 Sign up for our Safe Home Families email list: =============== RESOURCES: Catherine’s information: Joys and Challenges of Relative Caregivers: Catherine’s email: cbecker.joysandchallenges@gmail.com Catherine’s phone number: 706-944-3454 Other resources mentioned in this episode: Safe Home’s episode about fentanyl: Other Resources: Other Parents Like Me - Heather Ross - Life Coaching for Parents of Addicted Teens: Find a Tele-Therapist: =============== Safe Home is created by Joseph Nakao and Beth Syverson Music written and performed by Joseph Nakao Cover art by Joseph Nakao, photo by Beth Syverson Email questions or comments to Safe Home at Hello@SafeHomeFamilies.com Find us on Facebook , Instagram , Twitter , and YouTube Support Safe Home on Patreon : Patreon.com/SafeHome =============== TIME STAMPS 1:26 Catherine’s daughter Katie’s journey with addiction and incarceration 6:07 How Catherine plans to keep her young children away from drugs 8:50 How Catherine gained custody of her children 13:03 The boundaries Catherine has drawn with her daughter while incarcerated 16:45 How Catherine manages her emotions and gets support 19:11 How Catherine avoids feeling resentful toward her daughter 22:13 What kind of support do relative caregivers need? 24:26 Struggles Catherine has with her other adult children 26:40 Katie’s relationship with her kids 29:25 Family preservation, open adoption, and relinquishment trauma 33:23 How common is relative caregiving? 36:44 How can allies help relative caregivers? 41:08 Catherine’s advice for parents with teens 43:33 Katie’s mental health challenges 46:03 Catherine’s advice for relative caregivers

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This episode was published on Nov 14, 2022.

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