Personal transformation comes from within. You pick your own journey.
Rob Scheer is the Founder of Comfort Cases, a nonprofit dedicated towards inspiring communities to bring dignity and hope to youth in foster care. As a foster kid himself, Rob knows the difficult challenges children in the system face. He has recently released a new book, A Forever Family, detailing some of the horrible experiences he had as a child and how life on the other side really does get better! Find out more about Rob in this two-part interview.
Key Takeaways:
[3:00] This is Rob’s second guest appearance on the show! [4:15] Despite being on Ellen, CNN, and the Today Show, Rob does not have any corporate sponsors. [6:00] Rob was talking to his 14-year-old daughter and the topic of seeing her birth mom came up. [11:50] Rob’s kids are growing up fast!! [19:45] No matter what their background is, people have common good in them. [21:15] There’s a lot of science behind ‘doing good’ and helping out your fellow man. [26:40] What can you do to help the foster children in your area? [27:40] Don’t have money? There are other ways to support a child. [28:35] Foster kids are ‘bad’ kids. Wrong! [31:10] No matter how bad of a day you had today, tomorrow is a new day. [32:45] Please check out Rob’s new book, A Forever Family. [34:25] What’s Rob’s favorite chapter? [38:00] What’s wrong with a trash bag? It’s degrading to our children! [40:35] Stay tuned for Part Two!Mentioned in This Episode:
A Forever Family: Fostering Change One Child at a Time by Rob Scheer