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Zen Parenting Radio

Foster Care & Adoption: Children are Waiting- Podcast #354

Zen Parenting Radio

Todd and Cathy Adams

Education, Philosophy, Parenting, Self-improvement, Kids & Family, Society & Culture

4.8636 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2017

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Cathy and Todd talk with Susan McConnell from Let It Be Us about foster care in Illinois and throughout the country. They also talk with Kyle Osterhues and his mom Carolyne about his experience in foster care and their experience with adoption. This touching show sheds light on the importance and impact of foster care, and how so many great kids are waiting for their forever family.

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0:00.0

do do do do do do do there we go my name's todd and this is kathy you got to get closer to

0:08.0

the mic sorry i'm here hello there you go um welcome back to zen parenting radio this is podcast number

0:13.7

i'm not quite sure what number because we don't know when this is going up but um why listen to

0:19.6

zen parenting radio because it's a podcast that will

0:22.0

help you feel outstanding. And who doesn't want to feel outstanding? And always remember,

0:26.7

what? Go. I was going to say, I do. Wait, I want to say this before you keep going. So when we

0:31.6

started this podcast, you guys, we used to share a microphone. And I don't know if you guys can tell if you

0:36.0

listened to like our first year. But today we're sharing a microphone again. We're kicking it back. Because we have three

0:41.5

guests on our podcast, which has never happened. So you guys are breaking history.

0:46.0

Breaking history. Whatever. Breaking records. Making history. Yes. Yeah, you're not breaking history.

0:50.2

That'd be silly. Always remember a motto, which is the best predictor of a child's well-being is a parent's

0:56.4

self-understanding. On today's show, we have a recurring guest. This is her second time on

1:03.5

the podcast, and her name is Susan McConnell.

1:08.7

Susan joined us, I don't know, a month or two ago. Go. No, you don't have to stop. I'll get in there.

1:15.4

Because you kind of did one of these. Her husband is Doug McConnell who did those long swims,

1:21.3

but Susan did all the hard work. Some of the hard work. Some of the hard work. And then we have

1:26.8

two new people that I just met, even though I probably, we walked the same

1:30.1

halls for eight years, so we probably chatted.

1:32.8

We just forgot about it.

1:34.2

Her name is Carolyn Osterhues, formerly known as Carolyn Ryan, and her son, Kyle Osterhuez,

1:41.2

who's here.

1:41.6

So say hello.

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