HeyJaredDream Small Podcast
The Dream Small Podcast is a foster care and adoption podcast hosted by Jason and Whitney Small, foster and adoptive parents who have welcomed more than 14 children into their home and adopted three.
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- Sep 15, 2026
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- Aug 18, 2026
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She Told Her Story. It Changed Foster Care. | E57 (opens the original)
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What if one of the hardest parts of your story could become the thing that makes life a little easier for someone walking behind you? This week, we're joined by Ashlyn, a former foster youth whose story helped inspire Lily Pad, a faith based nonprofit creating trauma informed spaces for children experiencing foster care and others experiencing crisis. Ashlyn first entered foster care as a young child. Years later, after being adopted, she found herself back in the system after having the courage
Parents, Raise Kind Kids: When Words Follow Our Children Home (opens the original)
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Episode 56: Parents, Raise Kind Kids: When Words Follow Our Children Home Our seven year old went to school excited about her new hairstyle. She came home with most of it undone. A classmate had told her it was ugly and looked like spiders, so she took it out. The next day, the same child ruined a self portrait she had drawn. Then, later that week, we were called into the principal's office and shown a picture our daughter had drawn. Across the top she had written: “How can I be dead if kids be
We Chose Foster Care. So Why Are We So Weary? (opens the original)
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We love foster care. We love the children God has brought into our home, we're grateful for the privilege of loving them, and we know this is something God has called our family to do. And sometimes, we're just tired. Actually, weary might be the better word. Because foster care can wear on more than your body. There's the interrupted sleep, appointments, therapies, visits, diapers, school schedules, medical needs, and the constant juggling of everyday life. But there's also the mental load of k
The Text Message That Changed Our Summer (opens the original)
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Well... we’re back. When we recorded our last episode in June, we were literally getting ready to leave for vacation with our three oldest kids. We had been consistently recording for more than a year, and we decided it was probably time to take a little summer break. Turns out the break lasted a little longer than we expected. We came home from vacation, started looking ahead to the last few weeks of summer, and thought we had a pretty good idea of what life was going to look like. Then, at 7:0
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