Safe Home Podcast
Grandparents Raising Grandkids with Catherine Becker - Ep 67
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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.
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RESOURCES:
Catherine’s information:
- Joys and Challenges of Relative Caregivers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/861031841262074
- Catherine’s email: [email protected]
- Catherine’s phone number: 706-944-3454
Other resources mentioned in this episode:
- Safe Home’s episode about fentanyl: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/EMdGewW4Sub
Other Resources:
- Other Parents Like Me - https://www.facebook.com/other.parents.like.me
- Heather Ross - Life Coaching for Parents of Addicted Teens: https://heatherrosscoaching.com/
- Find a Tele-Therapist: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/online-counseling
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Music written and performed by Joseph Nakao
Cover art by Joseph Nakao, photo by Beth Syverson
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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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