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NFL Running Back Ricky Watters: How Adoption Shaped My Life


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Join us for this interview with former NFL Running Back and Super Bowl Champion Ricky Watters. He is an adoptee, an adoptive dad, and author of a new children's book on adoption, A Gift Called Shane.

In this episode, we discuss: 

  • How old were you when you learned you were adopted and how did you find out?
  • When you discovered you were adopted, you mentioned in your NFL movie that it put a big chip on your shoulder. How has that chip served you well as an adoptive dad? 
  • How has it been a detriment?
  • Why did you decide to adopt?
  • Why did you decide to adopt internationally?
  • Did your experience with finding out late that you were adopted affect the way you discussed adoption with your son?
  • Do you see any signs of a similar “chip” in your son that you had when you found out you were adopted? How do you help him navigate it for his own success?
  • How did you prepare your biological son for the adoption of his brother? 
  • How do you support your adopted son in his questions about identity, birth family, etc.?
  • Are you in reunion with your biological family?
  • How has your adoptive family handled your reunion with your birth family?
  • How excited were you for fellow hometown boy Shady McCoy to get into the Eagles Hall of Fame?
  • What was your experience with playing at Notre Dame? 

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