Episode 41: The Benefits of Growing Up in a Fostering Family
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 1 January 2018
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
People considering foster care often worry about how their biological children will be affected by having other children come in and out of their lives. Clayton Keenon’s story will help put many of those fears to rest. His parents fostered more than 350 teen girls over 35 years—virtually all his life. He knows he’s a better person for it.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Forgotten podcast, bringing voice to the foster care community. |
| 0:25.2 | And I actually had this moment where I said, |
| 0:29.7 | you need to tell me that the government doesn't send you a new sister every month. |
| 0:31.3 | You guys are so weird. |
| 0:32.8 | I thought they were the odd family. |
| 0:37.1 | It was sort of in that process that I realized, like, oh, our family is unique. |
| 0:38.3 | Not everybody does this. |
| 0:40.3 | And started to realize that those homes special. Hey, it's Jamie Cabe. |
| 0:58.2 | Welcome to the Forgotten Podcast. |
| 1:00.2 | We are in season four, and it is a brand new year. |
| 1:05.4 | Can you believe it is 2018 already? |
| 1:08.1 | I know that we all say this, but time truly speeds by. So we want to make the most |
| 1:13.8 | of the time that we have. Well, are you a new listener to our podcast? I would love to hear how you |
| 1:19.0 | heard about us. It's always fun for us to meet you, to hear from you. It's a blessing to us, |
| 1:23.9 | and we want to be a blessing to you guys. Whether you have had firsthand experience with |
| 1:28.5 | foster care or not, our prayer is that the Forgotten podcast will bring hope and encouragement |
| 1:34.1 | to you in your journey. I encourage you to subscribe to this podcast on iTunes so you can |
| 1:40.2 | catch up on the over 40 other episodes we have already aired. |
| 1:45.2 | And guess what? |
| 1:47.7 | You can now find us on Spotify. |
| 1:50.4 | Let's move on to our guest. |
| 1:52.7 | Today's guest is Clayton Keenan. |
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