You're listening to the Forgotten podcast, bringing voice to the foster care community.

As adults, we need to initiate the conversation.

Throw out little pebbles along the way.

It's our job to tell, not their job to ask.

And so we look for opportunities, going for a ride, and maybe it's around the child's birthday, or it's Mother's Day.

Do you ever think about your birth mother or do you ever want,

have any questions about what happened to you? We need to initiate the conversation.

Hey, it's Jamie Cabe.

Welcome back to the Forgotten podcast. You can find out more about today's episode by visiting the forgotteninitiative.org

slash S3E1.

That's for Season 3, Episode 1. I want to welcome you to Season 3 of the Forgotten

podcast, and I cannot wait for you to hear today's show. If you are a foster or adoptive

mom or even the extended family member of kids who have come into your family through

adoption or foster care, this

episode is a must listen. I'm telling you, you are going to walk away with some incredibly

practical tools to not only help you better understand and communicate with your child,

but also to empower your child to understand and tell their personal story.

I'll introduce our guest and then we'll get right to the interview.

Jane's schooler is married to David and they have two adult children.

One was adopted through foster care and they are grandparents to four.

Both David and Jane are nationally and internationally known as speakers and trainers in the field of adoption and foster care in their work with back-to-back ministries and partnering with Lamb International and Orphan's Promise.

Jane is a child development specialist and the author or co-author of eight books in the field of child welfare, including wounded children,

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