A Dad's Guide to Fostering Love and Security with Roman Prokopchuk
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2023
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Roman Prokopchuk is the Founder and CEO of Nova Zora Digital, and host of the Digital Savage Experience Podcast. He is also known as the digital savage, a self-taught digital marketer who ventured into the field out of necessity and developed a passion for it. He is also a foster parent who has welcomed 29 kids into his home since June 2018.
In this episode, Larry converses with Roman about his journey as a foster father. Roman's path to foster parenting began following multiple miscarriages and struggles with infertility that he and his wife faced.
They suffered six miscarriages, and after discovering his wife's pregnancy difficulties, they underwent expensive infertility treatments. Despite these efforts, they experienced repeated losses, including two miscarriages on Christmas Day. These heartbreaks cast a shadow over their holiday season, pushing them to explore alternative means of starting a family. With adoption costs being prohibitive, they found fostering as a feasible option.
As a Ukrainian immigrant, Roman admits to initially having a distinct perspective on fatherhood and masculinity. However, he's learned the value of grieving and seeking support in hard times. He underlines the necessity for men to acknowledge and address their emotions, not just focusing on supporting their partners.
Concluding the interview, Roman's story shines a light on the emotional journey of becoming a foster parent following personal hardships. It underscores the resilience and compassion inherent in opening one's home to children in need. Roman's journey is an inspiration, demonstrating that life's unexpected twists can catalyze profound personal growth and a chance to positively influence many young lives.
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| 0:00.0 | Amidst the chaos of life, it's crucial to remember that the most valuable currency we can invest in |
| 0:05.5 | our children is the intentional time and safe and loving home that we provide to them. |
| 0:11.1 | It's within these cherished moments and nurturing environments that their hearts can grow, |
| 0:15.2 | their minds can expand, and their spirits soar. |
| 0:19.1 | In today's podcast, my amazing guest shares his journey on why it's important to create |
| 0:25.3 | an environment of psychological safety and even a schedule for kids. |
| 0:29.4 | An environment where kids can be kids and the lessons he has learned from being a dad to 29 foster |
| 0:38.3 | kids. All that and so much more. |
| 0:43.0 | Welcome to the dad edge podcast. The dad edge movement creates leaders of men, leaders of families |
| 0:49.8 | and leaders of communities. We will not only impact this generation of fathers but the next |
| 0:55.0 | generation as well. The kids we are raising will have better chances and odds stacked in their |
| 1:00.4 | favor because of the amazing example that their fathers emulated for them. We are here to change |
| 1:06.4 | the world. We are here to change relationships. We are here to positively disrupt this generation |
| 1:12.4 | of fathers so no man goes to their grave with regret. We disrupt the drift of busyness and replace |
| 1:19.1 | it with razor-focused intention, passion, purpose, and direction. We are the dad edge and we're here |
| 1:27.7 | to change the game. |
| 1:43.0 | What's up gentlemen? Welcome to the dad edge podcast. I'm Larry Hagner. Your host and |
| 1:46.7 | founder of this podcast show and movement. Well, I have an arsenal of experience with my guest |
| 1:52.5 | today and he has the experience of being the foster dad to now 29 kids and his name is |
| 2:03.6 | Roman Prokupchup and he's an accomplished parenting expert. He's an author, he's a speaker, |
| 2:09.1 | he's even got a podcast. He's got a passion to empower parents to navigate the joys and challenges |
| 2:14.6 | of raising children and with over a decade of experience he has helped actually tons of families |
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