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Donna Reed – Adoptee Who Adopted A Teen

Inspirational Speaker and Author of “Life Is A Puzzle: Until You Find the Missing Pieces” Donna Lee Reed shares her fascinating story starting from the first day of her life being left by her mother in the hospital and not … Continue reading

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King’s Faith

Our guests for this broadcast are Pastor Kirk Dueker and Mr. James Pavone the Executive Producers of King’s Faith (www.kingsfaith.com) a film to be released on April 26th. King’s Faith is a story about an 18 year old youth placed … Continue reading

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Jamel Robinson and the “We Deserve Love Too” Initiative

Our guest is Jamel Robinson, the Founder and CEO of the Jamel Robinson Child Welfare Reform Initiative (www.jrcwri.org) Jamel shares his remarkable life story of a youth in foster care that led up to his founding of the CWRI as … Continue reading

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Is Gay Marriage Good For Youth in Foster Care?

On this Easter Morning, our guest Mary Keane went to the studios of WHCR-90.3FM (www.whcr.org) to speak about the topic about how gay marriage can help improve the lives of youth in foster care. She appeared on the program “Let … Continue reading

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Becoming a Grandparent after adopting a teen.

Two parents who adopted teens, Denise Royal and Chester Jackson, speak about their experiences becoming pre-mature grandparents. Both parents share their stories and offer excellent advice about how to help one’s adopted teenage child parent the child they brought into … Continue reading

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Dr. Jonathan Baylin on the Science of Parent-Child Relationships

Dr. Jonathan Baylin, Ph.D. co-author of book “Brain Based Parenting” recently wrote an Adoptalk article with his co-author Daniel Hughes entitled “The Science of Parent-Child Relationships: Parental Openness Can Help Children Learn to Trust.” We interviewed Dr. Baylin about some … Continue reading

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Re-investing Mental Health Dollars to Recruit Parents for Aging Out Youth

Our guest this evening is Gail Johnson of Mission Focused Solutions. Gail was able to teach local counties in the State of California how to re-invest savings from placing youth permanently into recruiting permanent homes for more youth utilizing mental … Continue reading

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Orientation Show with Pat and Chester

Today’s radio program is and orientation program educating the general public about You Gotta Believe and the need to find permanent homes for teens aging out of the foster care system. Pat and Chester conduct the interview Play Radio Show … Continue reading

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Fostering Families Today Magazine with Kim Hansel & Richard Fischer

Today we interview the founder, Richard Fischer, and Editor, Kim Hansel, of the Fostering Families Today magazine, www.fosteringfamiliestoday.com, a magazine that provides a lot of great information and articles to families raising children who have been touched by the foster … Continue reading

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The Anatomy of a Movement with Pat O’Brien

Interview with founder Pat O’Brien about the history of YGB including why and how it got started and what it is doing today. Chester Jackson leads this discussion Play Radio Show He”re

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