Episode 90: When Foster Care Leads to Adoption: Processing Big Emotions
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2020
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
This was my first time meeting and getting the opportunity to talk with Cameron Lee Small, and it did not disappoint. Cam gets adoption. As a Korean adoptee who grew up in Wisconsin, Cam now uses his experience to walk with adoptive families as a clinical counselor. As we talked, I kept nodding my head in agreement. Cam wants to help people understand they are seen, heard, and to know that they matter—that they are not in this alone. It’s the same message I believe in for TFI and for my own family. Through our conversation, Cam helps identify fears when foster care moves to adoption. In naming both the good and hard emotions our children feel, we can begin to help them heal. That’s the goal in all of this today—to learn to walk with our children so that their story can move them to a place where healing can begin.
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| 0:00.0 | Meeting you right where you are on your foster care journey, this is The Forgotten Podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | We're looking towards ending therapy. I'm looking towards empowering the caregivers. |
| 0:15.0 | You are empowered to do this. That takes a lot of skill. And I'm sure that you've done a lot of work on your end Jamie to be able |
| 0:22.6 | to hold both of those together and to allow your children to be so transparent with you about |
| 0:28.9 | that that's incredible. |
| 0:32.6 | Hey, it's Jamie Cabe. |
| 0:34.0 | I am so thankful to be sitting here in this space with you on the Forgotten |
| 0:38.6 | podcast. We are here to bring you hope and encouragement. I hope you feel that. Wherever you are on |
| 0:45.9 | this foster care journey, whether you're part of the foster care community, passionate about |
| 0:50.6 | serving, or simply interested in learning more, we are honored to walk with you. |
| 0:56.0 | I want to introduce you to my guest, Cameron Lee Small. |
| 1:00.0 | Cam gets this thing called adoption. As a Korean adoptee who grew up in Wisconsin, |
| 1:06.0 | Cam has walked this hard road in understanding questions like, Who am I, and what is my purpose? During his |
| 1:13.8 | search for his Korean mother, Cam saw how the Adapty community could encourage one another. |
| 1:19.4 | Now as a clinical counselor, he wants to help adoptees feel seen and heard. We talk about how we as |
| 1:25.9 | adaptive parents can journey with our children when foster care |
| 1:29.2 | moves to adoption. If you're struggling to know how to share your child's story with them, |
| 1:34.9 | or looking for a refresher on why it matters, Cam has some incredible insights for you. I can't say |
| 1:41.9 | this enough. We are here for you. Before we jump into this interview, go ahead and |
| 1:47.0 | subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. You're going to love this episode |
| 1:53.0 | with Cam and I know you won't want to miss the next one either. And stay tuned after this episode to |
| 1:59.2 | hear a sneak peek of what we have in store for you next time. |
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