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Emily Rosenbaum’s Empowering Parenting Piece

Cissy White — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:14:16 +0000

It’s refreshing to read someone writing so candidly about childhood trauma and parenting. Enjoy. http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/29/i-refuse-to-let-child-abuse-define-me/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=1

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Parenting Well after Abuse

Cissy White — Fri, 14 Mar 2014 15:00:51 +0000

Any adoptive parent who had a lousy childhood knows this – the home study is hell. I wasn’t worried about how clean my house was. I anguished over my autobiography, wondering how honest I should be when discussing my family of origin. When asked if I was close to my father, a man I didn’t […]

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Cutting for Stone, Excerpts

Cissy White — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 05:00:11 +0000

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese “Wasn’t that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted.” Page 95 “God will judge us, Mr. Harris, by,” her voice broke as she thought of Sister Mary Joseph Praise,“ by what we did to relieve the suffering of our fellow human beings. […]

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