We had a blast interviewing our good friends from TRC, Mark and Lauren Estes, to talk all about their experience with fostering and adopting. We dive into their work as house parents working with young people in transition. We talk about how the Lord and others showed up to help them navigate hard times. It's a great discussion we think you'll enjoy!

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This episode comes as a response to a great question from one of our phenomenal students at TRC who asked why kids/teenagers need to grow up and mature instead of just being kids. This came up after a part of a recent sermon by Mitch who brought this up. We decided to tackle this fantastic question focusing on the adolescence range and talk all about development, maturity, growth, discernment, having fun, and many other great things. Thanks so much for an awesome question!

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In light of the recent tragedy at Appalachee High School, we decided to dive into the difficult topic of school shootings on this episode. We also dive into the mental health aspect including some discussion on trauma, the brain, fight/flight/freeze/fawn response, and much more. We even talk about non-gun school violence and a history of school shootings. It's a great discussion and we hope you will get a lot out of it. Might not be suitable for children so just a fair warning since it's a difficult subject.

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