246: Parenting When Dad's in Prison

This week begins our foray into the lives of families affected by incarceration. It's not an easy subject, but it's one that affects many Canadian families and an even more in the United States, where one in 28 children has a parent who is incarcerated. My first guest on this topic is Rachel Mascarenas Ford. Rachel lives in North Carolina with her son, daughter and husband, Mark, who returned in April 2018 from five years in a minimum-security federal prison known as a camp. She shares about how her husband came to be in trouble with the law and the night that turned their lives upside down. We also talk about how they managed as a family while he was away, how little resources there are to support families of the incarcerated, and what it's been like adjusting to his return. Show Notes Love our work? Please check out our Patreon Campaign! Become a patron of the show for as little as $1 per month

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246: Parenting When Dad's in Prison is an episode from The New Family Podcast by Award-winning editor Brandie Weikle of thenewfamily.com and the 1,000 Families Project talks to the.

This episode is 36:16 long.

This episode was published on Nov 4, 2019.

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