Episode 178: The "Fun Circus" of Life as a Single Foster Dad (w/ Tyler Daily)

The Forgotten Podcast

The Forgotten Initiative

Christian, Kids & Family, Fostercare, Family, Adoption

4.9 • 532 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Tyler Daily wasn’t planning on becoming a foster parent. But his work in education as a middle school teacher ended up becoming the gateway to foster care.

Foster parents are so important in the foster care community, and single foster parents are an incredible group of people. There is no specific data on the number of single foster parents nationwide; however, the 2019 Child Welfare Outcomes report shows that single parents make up 29% of the adoptive family structure with just 3% of that number being single men.

Parenting alone presents a lot of challenges that other foster parents may not encounter. As Tyler has fostered 7 children in the course of one year, he says, “It’s a circus, but it’s a fun circus!” I pray you are encouraged by his story and experience this week.

Show Notes: https://theforgotteninitiative.org/tyler-daily-178/

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0:00.0	Today's episode is brought to you by Samaritan Ministries, a community of Christians who care for one another spiritually and financially when a medical need arises.
0:08.7	It's biblical, affordable health care sharing.
0:11.4	Learn more at samaritan ministries.org slash the Forgotten Podcast.
0:17.3	Sharing the stories of the foster care community, this is The Forgotten Podcast.
0:22.8	My goal is never to replace your dad.
0:25.5	It's never replaced your mom, your grandma, whatever the case may be.
0:29.4	I was like, because there's no way I can.
0:31.7	I was like, there will never be a way that I can replicate myself to be your dad.
0:41.1	Hey. that I can replicate myself to be your dad. Hey, it's Jamie Cabe.
0:42.9	Welcome back to the Forgotten podcast.
0:45.4	Here we are sharing stories of the foster care community.
0:49.7	With every episode, our goal is to learn from children, parents, and workers in foster care so that we can all grow in our awareness and be encouraged to support this community right where we live.
1:03.0	If you want to learn more about the work of TFI, catch up on past podcast episodes, read engaging articles, or donate to send support to this community,
1:14.4	head on over to the forgotteninitiative.org. We are in this together. Thank you for listening
1:21.9	and engaging with us. Okay, it is time. Let's do this. Well, Tyler, I am so very happy to have you on the show today. First and
1:41.1	foremost, you're a child of God. You are also single. You are a teacher and you are a single
1:48.4	foster parent, which is why I'm highlighting the singleness, because single foster parenting is
1:54.1	its own thing, right? And we're going to spend some good time on that today. And currently, you have three 12-year-old boys that you're fostering.
2:05.7	Dude.
2:06.3	Correct.
2:07.0	Yeah.
2:08.4	Wow.
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