Let's Go Dad
Let's Go Dad
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Interview With An Adopted Child | 8 Years After Adoption From Foster Care
8 years after adoption from foster care Robert helps me in this interview with an adopted child.
The cool thing about an interview with an adopted child who is older is that he can share his perspective on the foster care system and his trauma as someone who has worked through his past for years.
We are excited to share this video with foster parents, potential foster parents and parents who are considering making their story what that includes their own adopted child.
Our hope is that videos like this one help you become trauma informed in your parenting practices so that foster kids and adopted kids can find healing in your home.
We also hope that this interview will help children from ha...
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Hospitalized 1 | Losing My Foster Kids?
Просмотров 2,2 тыс.Год назад
I was hospitalized and should be dead. There was a real chance of me losing my foster kids. I had a large tumor, but also had a rare disorder. Most adults with this disorder die. It usually isn't diagnosed until too late. What would happen to my foster kids? Would my adopted child be OK? Would being hospitalized mean that I would be losing my foster kids? These were the things on my mind. As a ...
What I Say to Judges | Adoption and Foster Care
Просмотров 2,1 тыс.3 года назад
What I say to judges when attending adoption and foster care court is overall pretty simple, and, in the long run, effective. I say that what I say to judges for adoption or foster care court is effective because, it seems to elevate me in the eyes of the judge, it allows me to still work as part of the foster kid's team, and it is a way that I can check myself to see that my heart is still in ...
Respite Care For A 4 Year Old | Hope Cases for Foster Kids
Просмотров 1,5 тыс.3 года назад
Respite Care for a 4-Year-Old this weekend has been a blast We also got to help our church deliver hope cases for foster kids. This weekend we had the adventure of providing respite care for our 6th respite placement. This respite placement was for a 4-year-old. I had the experience of what it would be like to provide care for a younger foster child as a single dad. Kids from hard places are of...
Respite Garage Sale Haul | Single Dad & Son Laugh
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.3 года назад
We are taking a respite this weekend so had an awesome garage sale haul! Also, as is frequently the case this single dad and his son laugh (and tell bad puns). A 4-year-old respite is staying with us for the weekend! We haven't had a foster kid that young for around 5 years. Because of that, when we drove by 3 houses that seemed to have a lot of toys... We turned around and picked some up. As a...
Engaging With Biological Families | Foster care | Adoption
Просмотров 1,5 тыс.3 года назад
Engaging with biological families through foster care, adoption, and reunification can be tricky. Here are 7 tips for a better connection. While Robert was in foster care and before he was adopted from foster care, my having a positive relationship with his biological father significantly impacted Robert. He points to this often. I often wonder if our foster care journey would have somehow been...
Interviewing My Adopted Dad | Adopted From Foster Care
Просмотров 3,5 тыс.3 года назад
In this video I'm Interviewing my adopted dad and he answers my questions about my being adopted from foster care. How does someone stick with a foster kid when it gets hard? What helps them stay the course, especially when they are a single dad? Can a single dad even adopt from foster care? Also, find out what Robert was like when he first moved into Nick's house. Was it better after 6 months?...
Family High Points | Foster Care Attachment
Просмотров 2,6 тыс.3 года назад
Tonight we share our family high points and Robert talks about foster care attachment. Like many kids from hard places, Robert had felt abandoned many times in his young life. So while in foster care, a lot of "normal" circumstances were traumatic for him. His foster care attachment story was a long story. He would often have challenging behaviors when I left for work or when I returned from wo...
Why Kids Enter Foster Care | & Adorable Baby Bunny
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.3 года назад
6 Reasons Why Kids Enter Foster Care. Also, meet the adorable baby bunny in our yard and see what we did on this memorial day weekend. Kids from hard places fill our foster care system. How did they get there? In this video I discuss 6 reasons why kids enter foster care. Many would say, the real question isn't why kids enter foster care, but why sometimes they don't. We've had kids come into ou...
YouTube Family | People Recognize Us | Foster Care
Просмотров 1,9 тыс.3 года назад
As a new RUclips Family I am surprised that some people recognize us! How does Robert Feel About this? Does he want to stop? Or is it worth it for the sake of transforming foster care by recruiting more quality families? We feel strongly about making videos that support foster parents or potential foster parents who are interested in supporting foster kids. Kids from hard places need connected ...
Surprise Visit! | Foster Care Placement Call | Foster Care Rewards
Просмотров 1,8 тыс.3 года назад
A Surprise visit and a foster care placement call brighten up our day! I also share about the foster care rewards we experience. Have you ever had something completely change your day and your attitude? A surprise visit from one of our past foster kids really changed my day. It is so great when you get to experience foster care make a difference in a person's life. Many kids in foster care are ...
New Foster Care Placement | Foster Placement Tips
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.3 года назад
We got a new foster care placement! Also, I'll share 2 foster placement tips that I've found to be very important over the years. The new foster care placement is technically just respite care. Monday the court will decide what happens. This respite placement could turn into a foster care placement, but of course we want them to be reunified if that is what the court decides. That said, we enjo...
I Quit My Job | Working For Kids From Hard Places
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.3 года назад
I Quit My Job as a Youth Pastor and will be Working for kids from hard places with Children Services. Will I still be a foster parent and take in foster kids? Yes! Will I still do RUclips? Yes, I hope so. I feel God calling me to work more directly with struggling families and kids from hard places. This tug on my heart has been something I have been discerning for some time. Also, as a single ...
What New Foster Placements Hear | Google Translate
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.3 года назад
What new foster placements hear might be different than what you think you are saying. Google translate helps us twist these foster parent statements and help us get close to what new foster placements hear. *Note: We had to change what the foster parent said multiple times for each statement to find translations (after running each sentence through about 40 languages on google translate) that ...
EMDR for Foster Kids & Adopted Kids | Does EMDR Work
Просмотров 1 тыс.3 года назад
How effective is EMDR for Foster Kids and Adopted Kids? Does EMDR Work for traumas kids from hard places have experienced? A lot of trauma can be blocked, or processed in a way that makes it extremely sensitive. By sensitive, if anything wells up that memory (even a trauma memory that kids do not consciously remember) it may trigger big feelings and challenging behaviors. Many therapists and co...
Foster Care Certification Process | Foster Care Journey
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.3 года назад
Foster Care Certification Process | Foster Care Journey
What Foster Kids We Take | Single Dad Family Happy Mother's Day
Просмотров 5 тыс.3 года назад
What Foster Kids We Take | Single Dad Family Happy Mother's Day
Foster Care Room Tour | How Many Foster Kids Will We Take?
Просмотров 5 тыс.3 года назад
Foster Care Room Tour | How Many Foster Kids Will We Take?
Foster Care Support Network | Alicia's Closet
Просмотров 5803 года назад
Foster Care Support Network | Alicia's Closet
How Much Does It Cost To Do Foster Care? Single Foster Parent
Просмотров 11 тыс.3 года назад
How Much Does It Cost To Do Foster Care? Single Foster Parent
Quarantined | What My Adopted Child Says - Foster Adopt More Kids?
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.3 года назад
Quarantined | What My Adopted Child Says - Foster Adopt More Kids?
Foster Child Baptism | A Robert Foster Care Story
Просмотров 8603 года назад
Foster Child Baptism | A Robert Foster Care Story
Foster Care Placement Call | Foster Adopt Respite
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.3 года назад
Foster Care Placement Call | Foster Adopt Respite
Parenting Cell Phone Contract for Foster Kids & Adopted Kids
Просмотров 2,3 тыс.3 года назад
Parenting Cell Phone Contract for Foster Kids & Adopted Kids
Robert's Dyslexia Story | Dyslexia Success Story
Просмотров 1 тыс.3 года назад
Robert's Dyslexia Story | Dyslexia Success Story
Our Foster Child Is Gone | Foster Adopt Sorrow for This Single Dad Fam
Просмотров 1,5 тыс.3 года назад
Our Foster Child Is Gone | Foster Adopt Sorrow for This Single Dad Fam
Foster Kid Train Ride | First Foster Care Vacation | Foster Adopt Fun
Просмотров 1 тыс.3 года назад
Foster Kid Train Ride | First Foster Care Vacation | Foster Adopt Fun
2nd Pfizer Covid Vaccine Side Effects | Why We Make Foster Adopt Vids
Просмотров 5173 года назад
2nd Pfizer Covid Vaccine Side Effects | Why We Make Foster Adopt Vids
How Foster Children Heal | Sermon Excerpts | Healing From Trauma
Просмотров 6783 года назад
How Foster Children Heal | Sermon Excerpts | Healing From Trauma
Is He Your Dad? | Questions Foster Kids Face
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.3 года назад
Is He Your Dad? | Questions Foster Kids Face