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Rob Scheer discusses the failures of the US foster care system and his personal experiences as a foster child.

Is the foster care system in the US broken, or is it even worse than that? According to Rob Schreer, my guest in this episode of About Your Mother, the system is shattered and must be rebuilt. A child enters foster care every two minutes, totaling around 700 children a day. Eighty percent of death row inmates were foster children, and only 54% of foster children graduate high school. As a foster kid himself, Rob knows the system and its faults all too well. Listen in to learn about Rob’s stor...

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