Episode 167: Showing Up for Teens in Foster Care (w/ Serena Rice)
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2023
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
I have a great episode for you this week. Children in foster care have so much going on beyond what we can see on the surface. But what is it that can sometimes cause our children to act out, rebel, or “push our buttons”? My guest today was not only a former foster child for over 7 years, but she also now works with parents to uncover how to better show up for their children, especially their teens.
Serena Rice is a Supervised Visitation Specialist, parenting coach, children’s book author, and former foster child. Her experience as a foster child influenced her to start her own coaching practice to help parents build deeper trust and strong connections with their children. In today’s episode, she shares her story of jumping from foster home to foster home, how parents can better communicate with teens in foster care, what her healing journey has looked like, and much more.
Whether you care for a teen in foster care or not, you don’t want to miss Serena’s story, perspective, and wisdom.
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| 0:00.0 | Sharing the stories of the foster care community. |
| 0:03.6 | This is The Forgotten podcast. |
| 0:07.3 | It's okay that I am not okay. |
| 0:10.9 | And I think that we try so hard to be perfect and happy. |
| 0:14.8 | And when in reality, give your anxieties to God. |
| 0:17.7 | And he is the one that will take on that burden for you. |
| 0:25.1 | Hey, it's Jamie Cabe. |
| 0:26.9 | Welcome back to the Forgotten podcast, where we are highlighting the stories of the people |
| 0:31.6 | of foster care. |
| 0:33.0 | With every episode, our goal is to help you better understand the foster care community. |
| 0:38.3 | We want to bring you hope and encouragement in your journey and help you support the agency |
| 0:43.3 | workers, foster parents, vulnerable adults, and children in foster care right where you live. |
| 0:49.3 | If you want to learn more about TFI, catch up on past episodes, read engaging articles, or partner with us |
| 0:56.4 | on mission with a gift of any amount, head over to theforgotteninitiative.org. We are in this |
| 1:04.6 | together. Thank you for listening and engaging with us. We love having you as part of our family. Okay, it is time. Let's do this. |
| 1:19.9 | Serena, I am so happy to have you on the show today. I want to tell our listeners a little bit about |
| 1:25.8 | who you are before we get in. So you are a |
| 1:29.4 | supervised visitation specialist. You are a parenting coach. You've written a children's book. |
| 1:35.9 | And you have your degree in health and human services. And I know that's just a very tiny piece |
| 1:42.1 | of who you are. But the roles that you wear today really |
| 1:45.4 | do have a direct correlation to your childhood experiences, don't they? |
| 1:51.1 | Absolutely. |
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