Breaking the Silence is a podcast dedicated to exposing the truths surrounding Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and the systemic failures within Child Protective Services and the foster care system. Through lived experience, expert insight, and honest conversation, we challenge stigma, confront harmful practices, and advocate for trauma-informed reform. This is a space for caregivers, professionals, and advocates who believe children deserve understanding—not punishment—and families deserve support, not silence.
Latest Episodes
When the System Becomes the Trauma: A Georgia Family’s Fight With DFCS
Breaking the Silence, host Jake Tjapkes sat down with Jordan and Dorian, a young couple from Georgia whose lives were upended by an encounter with the child welfare sy...
Standing for the Voiceless When the City Chooses Silence
When a city claims to regulate “noise,” but ends up regulating speech, something far more serious is happening.In this episode, Jake Tjapkes takes a firm stand against...
Empowering Voices: Understanding FASD
In this episode of "Breaking the Silence," host Jake Tjapkes welcomes Patti, an educator, author, and podcast host, to discuss her lived experience with Fetal Alcohol ...
Fatherhood Crisis In America
Join us as we speak with Pastor Lewis, about fatherhood Crisis in America
