Growing Up Scheer: A Father and Son's Perspective on Family, Foster Care, and Finding Home
About this episode
Rob Scheer and his son Tristan discuss their family's journey through foster care and adoption, reflecting on love, belonging, and resilience.
As Father's Day approaches, this week's episode of Fostering Change is one of our most personal conversations yet. For years, listeners have heard Rob Scheer share his family's story through the lens of a former foster youth, adoptive father, advocate, and founder of Comfort Cases. This week, he sits down with his youngest son, Tristan, for an honest and heartfelt conversation about family, foster care, belonging, and the journey they've shared together. Tristan joined the Scheer family as an infant, alongside his older brother, Greyson, instantly transforming the family from two children to four. Today, at 17 years old, he's a high school junior, an accomplished football and track athlete, and a young man beginning to think about college, adulthood, and the future ahead. Together, father and son reflect on growing up in a family built through foster care and adoption, what it was like being surrounded by advocacy and public service, and how Tristan defines family, belonging, and home. More than a Father's Day episode, this is a conversation about love, resilience, healing, and the lasting impact of showing up for one another. Conversation Highlights Tristan's perspective on…
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