Brittany Penner Talks Adoption and Identity

26/11/2025 28 min Temporada 1 Episodio 16
Brittany Penner Talks Adoption and Identity

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In Brittany Penner's memoir, Children Like Us, she explores adoption and identity. As a Metis woman adopted into a Mennonite family, Penner opens up about her unique experience and the challenges she faced. This is a raw and vulnerable conversation focused on the layered aspects of adoption. Host Jessica Foster also has a unique perspective as an adoptive mother. In this conversation, Penner and Foster discuss the different parts of the adoption triad and what questions may arise as children grow.