Episode 36: A Reunification Story
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2017
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Greg Cox shares the story of losing his eight children into the child welfare system due to his neglect brought about by substance abuse. The situation became a catalyst in his own life to get clean and sober, and more importantly, to do what was necessary to be a full-time father to his children. Greg now serves others by being a parent mentor and coach.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Forgotten podcast, bringing voice to the foster care community. |
| 0:07.0 | But then you have some parent that they realize that they cannot do it. |
| 0:27.2 | They cannot parent. |
| 0:28.8 | I understand that. |
| 0:29.9 | And so they need to have the discussion. |
| 0:32.1 | What's going to be best for your child? |
| 0:33.8 | If you're not able to do it, what do you think is going to be best for your child? |
| 0:57.7 | Yeah. If you're not able to do it, what do you think is going to be best for your child? Hey, it's Jamie Cabe. |
| 0:59.9 | Welcome back to The Forgotten Podcast. |
| 1:05.8 | You can find out more about today's episode by visiting theforgotteninitiative.org slash S3E11. |
| 1:08.5 | That's for Season 3, Episode 11. Today, you are going to hear from Greg Cox. |
| 1:15.2 | Greg Cox is a certified parent instructor and public speaker. He is also the author of |
| 1:20.8 | promising the moon going the distance to deliver, and also co-author to two books called |
| 1:26.2 | The Parents Get Real Guide to Getting Your Kids Back, and The Parents Get Real Guide to Getting Your Kids Back |
| 1:28.7 | and the Parents Get Real Guide to Keeping Your Kids at Home. |
| 1:33.1 | Greg writes and speaks from his personal experience of having his own children removed from him |
| 1:38.4 | many years ago because of his substance abuse. |
| 1:41.8 | But the good news is his story ends in hope. |
| 1:45.5 | Before we go to the show, I do want to let you know that we had some audio quality |
| 1:49.6 | issues, but we were able to clean up most of that, so you are going to still get to hear |
| 1:55.4 | this great interview with Greg Cox. |
| 1:58.0 | Let's go to the show now. |
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