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

The first adult in my life broke my trust, and therefore I assume that every adult that followed her would break my trust. It was just a matter of time.

And so this is why I say I mastered the art of getting kicked out of foster homes. This became my defense mechanism.

Hey, it's Jamie Cabe.

Welcome back to the Forgotten podcast.

You can find out more about today's episode by visiting the forgotten initiative.org

slash S3E9.

That's for season three, episode nine. Well, my guest today, Josh Schip, is an author,

a global youth empowerment expert and acclaimed speaker. He is a former at-risk foster kid

turned youth advocate, and he is renowned for his documentary TV series on A&E that followed his

groundbreaking work with teens. He is also the author of the brand new book coming out,

September 19th, called The Grown Up's Guide to Teenage Humans. If you have a teenager in your

life, whether it be a mentee, your child,

your student, listen, this episode is for you. But even if you don't have a teenager in your life,

you are not going to want to miss Josh's story. You are going to get equipped as you think about

the day that you will have a teenager. You don't want to miss today's episode. This is actually

part one of a two-part episode. Usually we air our episodes every two weeks. Well, we're doing

something a little bit different.

We are going to air part two just one week after part one comes out.

Also, stay tuned at the end of today's show to learn how you can get Josh's new book, The Grown Up's Guide, to Teenage Humans.

Now, let's go to my conversation with Josh Ship. Well, Josh, I am really happy to have you on with us today. You have said before that you

have mastered the art of getting kicked

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