Episode 124: From Foster Youth to Foster Parent to Social Worker
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2021
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
What impact does a safe adult have in a child’s life? It’s nearly impossible to measure. In this episode, we have the incredible privilege to welcome Jaymi Lynn, who has experience across the gamut of foster care. Jaymi is not only a social worker today, but also a foster and adoptive parent (she took her first placement at 19!), and was in the foster care system herself. She was removed from her home at the age of 13 and considers herself to be one of the “lucky” ones as she truly felt heard and supported in a unique way by her caseworker. I know you’ll be inspired by her story and supported by the wisdom she has to share!
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| 0:00.0 | Meeting you right where you are on your foster care journey, this is The Forgotten podcast. |
| 0:08.9 | 13-year-olds in foster care are aware also, and I think sometimes we can underestimate that, because it was my responsibility to know what was going on because I had to care for my siblings. |
| 0:19.1 | So I was very aware. |
| 0:24.8 | Thank you. was going on because I had to care for my siblings. So I was very aware. Hello, my friends, and welcome back to the Forgotten Podcast. I am your host, Jamie Cabe, |
| 0:30.5 | and I am so happy you are here with me. We are starting season 11 of the podcast, and it is |
| 0:37.4 | going to be a great one, my friends. |
| 0:39.1 | Whether you are part of the foster care community, passionate about serving or simply |
| 0:43.8 | interested in learning more, you have come to the right space. We love bringing you this |
| 0:49.8 | podcast. It brings us so much joy, and it means so much to us when you let us know how much it has |
| 0:56.3 | encouraged you. |
| 0:57.5 | And this is what one of you told us recently. |
| 1:00.0 | You said, I'm not a foster parent yet. |
| 1:02.4 | I don't attend any kind of church. |
| 1:04.7 | Christianity isn't my jam, but I adore this podcast. |
| 1:09.6 | Loving, insightful, compassionate, helpful, and beautifully varied, |
| 1:13.8 | I am so thankful I found this show. We want to foster. We will foster. And now I feel like |
| 1:20.7 | we have a few more tools in our toolbox to bring our family to a child that needs it, |
| 1:26.1 | whether for 10 minutes, 10 days, months, or years. |
| 1:30.1 | Please keep up the great work of bringing different perspectives to the show and explaining |
| 1:34.8 | how kids might be feeling and how we can be loving, supportive grownups in their lives. |
| 1:41.0 | Isn't that awesome, my friends? |
| 1:42.9 | I love it. |
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