The Dark TRUTH About 800,000 Missing Kids (The System Is Failing Them)

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What if foster care wasn’t about saving kids—but profiting from keeping them broken? In this eye-opening episode of Dropping Bombs, I sit down with Dr. Danisha Keating—a former foster youth who endured 33 relocations, abuse, and homelessness before 24, then became guardian to her five siblings, earned a PhD, and is now leading the charge to reform the system itself.

Danisha’s story is brutal and inspiring: from surviving trauma most wouldn’t escape, to becoming a professor, public speaker, and best-selling author of Taking My Voice Back and From Foster to PhD. She’s experienced the failures of CPS firsthand, and now she’s turning that pain into purpose—building trauma-informed practices, reshaping higher education for foster youth, and exposing the cracks that keep kids trapped in cycles of neglect.

This isn’t a feel-good fairytale—it’s a wake-up call. Danisha drops bombs on what’s broken in foster care, how she reclaimed her voice, and why grit and purpose—not pity—are the real blueprint for change.

 

🔗 Resources

🌐Dr. Danisha Keating Website: https://www.danishakeating.com/

📚Books by Danisha: https://www.danishakeating.com/books

📲Follow Dr. Danisha on Instagram: @drdanishakeating (https://www.instagram.com/drdanishakeating/)

🎥Dr. Danisha’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thedrdanishakeatingshow

 

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Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he’s mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

 

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This isn’t just a video. It’s a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.

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