Episodios

  • Episode 13 - Fighting For Your Kids (Interview with Glenn Huggins)
    Nov 9 2021

    Sometimes we as foster & adoptive dads need to get involved with the legal system to fight for the best interests of our kids. Listen in as we talk with Glenn Huggins about their crazy case and how they made it through a multi-year legal battle for their kids.

    Resources:

    • https://www.facebook.com/groups/fabrotherhood
    • https://www.littleslunches.com/30a (Glenn's restaurant)
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    42 m
  • Episode 12 - Family Update & Season 2 Intro
    Oct 8 2021

    We're excited to be back for Season 2! We start out with a family update from Jonathan & Ade, then talk more about our vision for this next season!

    Resources:

    • The Common Rule book
    • Our Podcast Facebook Page (we would love to hear from you!)
    • F/A Brotherhood Facebook Page
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    24 m
  • Episode 11 - Race & Family (Interview with Alex Blake & Gerald Zgabay)
    Jun 29 2021

    We're back with an episode where we talk about race, family, and doing our part as foster & adoptive dads to show our sons and daughters a better way forward. We get to hear from Alex Blake whose parents adopted 6 boys in addition to his 5 biological siblings as well as Gerald Zgabay who adopted two children with his wife Tabby.

    Resources:

    • Selma Movie
    • The Great Debaters
    • The Falcon and the Winter Soldier

    Come say hi on our Facebook Page as well! We would love to connect and hear from our listeners.

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    55 m
  • Episode 10 - Reframing Foster Care (Interview with Jason Johnson)
    Apr 26 2021

    It's our 10th episode! This may be one of our favorites yet. This episode is jam-packed with encouragement and sincerity from writer and speaker Jason Johnson (author of ReFraming Foster Care and Everyone Can Do Something). We chat about aligning with your spouse and getting on the same page as well as great advice for churches and leaders who wish to better support their foster/adoptive families. We hope you are encouraged!

    Referenced in the episode:

    • ReFraming Foster Care book
    • forfosterdads.com - online study group for Foster Dads (coming June 2021)
    • Jason Johnson Blog
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    44 m
  • Episode 9 - International Adoption + Trauma and Brain Development (Interview with Dr. Matthew Talley)
    Apr 2 2021

    We have a fully-loaded episode today with Dr. Matthew Talley, a functional neurologist and fellow adoptive dad. You'll enjoy hearing about his family's international adoption of his daughter from Thailand as well as loads of information on trauma, brain development, and retraining kids' brains to help them improve focus, decrease anxiety, and overcome learning/behavior disorders.

    Resources:
    - Disconnected Kids by Dr. Robert Melillo
    - Brain Balance Centers

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    45 m
  • Episode 8 - Family News! (Jonathan and Ade)
    Feb 22 2021

    BIG family news for the Williamson household! Hear about our new placement as well as some exciting updates from Ade about the future of the podcast. Thanks for listening!

    Resources:
    - "The Haven" (BCS Together College Station, TX)
    - Black History Month Booklist

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    27 m
  • Episode 7 - Supporting Foster Dads (Interview with Chris Breneman)
    Jan 6 2021

    Hey guys, welcome back to the Foster and Adoptive Dads podcast! We're back from the holidays for a special episode with the founder of F/A Brotherhood, Chris Breneman. We get to hear about Chris's personal fostering journey as well as hear him share the backstory and future vision for F/A Brotherhood. You won't want to miss this!

    Resources:

    • Thoughts Of A Foster Dad by Julian Goodson
      (https://www.amazon.com/Thoughts-Foster-Dad-Julian-Goodson/dp/069282958X)
    • F/A Brotherhood
      (https://www.fabrotherhood.com)


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    41 m
  • Episode 6 - The Waiting Game
    Dec 14 2020

    Today we wanted to talk a little about all the waiting of foster care & adoption. It's one of the most common and most frustrating parts about the foster/adoptive process and we hope our conversation gives you some ideas for how to cope with the stress and discouragement of waiting for what's next.

    Link to FA Brotherhood Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/fabrotherhood

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    33 m