Check out my interview with Ryan MacDonald, regional director of Foster the City and one of the pastors of Southlands Church in Brea, CA. We dive into everything you would want to know about foster care including questions like: Why I should even consider fostering a child? What is the purpose of fatherhood? The importance of a strong community around you while you are fostering and ultimately where to even start if you are interested in fostering. We also chat about adoption and the importance of children knowing about their biological families.

If you are interested in fostering children here are some helpful tools to get you started: Read: https://jasonjohnsonblog.com/reframing-foster-care Attend a virtual interest meeting: https://fosterthecity.org/rsvp/ #dadpodcast #fatherhood #raddadzpodcast Follow and Subscribe for all Rad Dadz Podcast content: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6qoELqtSxEDmZ8LOk9j52A Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raddadzpodcast/Download the full podcast here: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5GTdxAQU04ZCbUk0udUbif?si=e31b99d7f3704d05 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rad-dadz-podcast/id1662265816 Time Codes 0:00 - Intro 1:20 - Scouting Report 3:14- Tell Us About Your Family 7:05 - What did Fostering Your First Child Look Like? 10:30 - Why Would You Even Choose To Foster to Begin With? 15:50 - Do You Interact with Your Foster Kids Biological Family? 21:09 - How Do You Emotionally Handle Reunification?24:25 - First 4-5 Months of Living w/ Your Foster Kids 30:07 - Relationship w/ Social Workers 33:13 - Behaviors to Expect from Foster Kids 37:40 - Preparing Your Biological Kids for Fostering 39:25 - Explaining to Your Foster Kids Where their Biological Parents Are 42:50 - Open and Closed Adoption 45:10 - The Importance of Community While Fostering 47:39 - Where Do I Start If Im Interested in Fostering? 52:17 - Closing Prayer

Tune into my interview with Matt Doan, a Christian father and pastor at Calvary Church of Santa Ana who is currently raising 4 kids in 4 different stages of education. He has a child in elementary, junior high, high school and college. We delve into the challenge of making time for all of his kids separately, learning to say no to some things in order to say yes to better things and important family rhythms. Matt shares how his faith in Jesus is a huge part of his family and way of life.

Time Codes 0:00 - Intro 1:41 - Scouting Report

4:06 - Family Stories

10:13 - Why are the Doan's so Kind? 14:00 - 4 Kids 4 Stages of Education 26:18- Say No to Some Things to Say Yes to Better Things 28:24 - Making Time for all 4 Kids 31:40 - Modeling Your Faith to Your Kids

47:01- Sabbath as a Family 49:40 - Family Traditions

51:48 - The Power of Having Meals Together 53:46- Closing Prayer