Eps 501: Growing a family through foster care with Mark Daley

Joyful Courage for Parenting Teens

My guest today is Mark Daley, and he’s here today to talk about all-things foster care.

Mark shares the path that led to him writing his new book, “Safe,” gives us ideas on ways that people can help support foster kids, and explains what foster kids need. I bring up how scary it can be thinking about opening your home to a stranger and ask what upstream interventions are in place to improve the foster care system. Mark leaves us on a happy note when he brings up the amazing people he works with and a first step if you’re interested in learning more about fostering children.

Takeaways from the show

• Hear about Mark’s new book, “Safe: A Memoir of Fatherhood, Foster Care, and the Risks We Take for Family”
• Why do people choose to foster?
• There’s a critical shortage of foster parents
• There are many ways to help foster children besides fostering
• “These aren’t bad kids; these are kids in a bad situation.”
• How and where can foster kids pick up the life skills they need to be successful?
• What’s a starting point if you’re interested in fostering or learning more about fostering?

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