Episode 20

Episode 20 - Through Bre’s Eyes: Growing Up in Foster Care and Breaking Generational Cycles

Published on: 30th September, 2025

In this powerful 20th episode of the Dream Small Podcast, Jason and Whitney sit down with their friend Bre, who courageously shares her story of growing up in foster care, navigating trauma, and breaking free from generational cycles.

Bre is the second oldest of eleven siblings and entered foster care as a teenager after years of instability and hardship. In this conversation, she opens up about:

  • What it was like to be separated from her siblings and move through multiple foster homes.
  • The painful realities of neglect, false assumptions, and lack of support that many foster teens face.
  • How she learned resilience through broken systems, financial struggles, and the weight of raising her younger siblings.
  • The turning points that helped her reject destructive cycles and choose a different future.
  • The role of faith, perseverance, and intentional choices in becoming the mom and wife she always longed to have herself.

Bre’s honesty gives foster parents, adoptive parents, and anyone walking alongside vulnerable kids a rare glimpse into the lived reality of the foster care system. Her perspective is raw, emotional, and filled with hope.

If you’ve ever wondered:

  • What does foster care feel like through the eyes of a child?
  • How can foster parents better support teens in care?
  • Is it possible to break free from generational trauma?

…this conversation will inspire, challenge, and encourage you.

✨ Share this episode with foster parents, adoptive families, social workers, or anyone who cares about kids from hard places. Bre’s story is a testimony of redemption and the impact of choosing faithfulness in the small things.

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🎵 Music Credit: "Paradise Found" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) | Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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About the Podcast

Dream Small Podcast
Big impact doesn’t always come from big platforms. More often, it’s found in the faithful yeses of everyday life.

The Dream Small Podcast, hosted by Jason and Whitney Small—parents of seven, foster and adoptive advocates, and storytellers—invites you to discover the extraordinary in the ordinary. Each episode offers encouragement, practical wisdom, and real-life stories from their journey of foster care, adoption, parenting, and faith.

With humor, honesty, and hope, Jason and Whitney remind listeners that God delights in using small steps of faith and love to change lives. Whether you’re a foster parent, adoptive parent, or simply someone longing to live out your faith in practical ways, Dream Small will inspire you to trade fame for faithfulness and embrace the beauty of everyday obedience.

If you’ve ever wondered whether the “small” things really matter, this podcast is for you. Because sometimes the smallest yes can make the biggest difference.
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