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:

Giving Back Podcast

Comfort Cases

A Forever Family: Fostering Change One Child at a Time by Rob Scheer