Childhood Interrupted

The Oprah Winfrey Show: The Podcast

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Original Air Date: October 20, 2006 Caring for their sick parents, becoming the head of their household, struggling to raise their younger siblings… Oprah talks with Lisa Ling about children who have taken on the role of parents or caregivers in their families and have had their childhood taken away from them. Want more podcasts from OWN? Visit https://bit.ly/OWNPods You can also watch Oprah’s Super Soul, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more of your favorite OWN shows on your TV! Visit https://bit.ly/find_OWN

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0:00.0	Through 25 seasons, 4,561 episodes.
0:06.4	I believe the Oprah Winfrey show
0:07.8	was one of the greatest classrooms in the world.
0:10.2	I really never thought of it that way.
0:12.2	The aha moments, the breakthroughs, the LOLs, the connections, the occasional ugly cry.
0:20.0	I'm missing so terribly, I'm missing every single minute.
0:23.4	The moments that matter.
0:25.4	The eye-opening life lessons.
0:28.2	Never allow them to take you somewhere else.
0:30.9	I'm bringing them back. It's time to open the vault. I personally
0:36.6	chosen these classic episodes to share with you again. Every single person you
0:41.8	ever will meet shares that common desire.
0:45.0	They want to know, do you see me?
0:48.0	Do you hear me?
0:49.0	Does what I say mean anything to you?
0:52.0	You are listening to the Oprah Winfrey show, The Podcast.
0:56.0	There are more than, this was surprising to me to find out,
1:01.0	there are more than a million children in this country
1:04.0	doing something few people know about.
1:06.0	While other American kids are playing Little League
1:08.0	and having sleepovers, these children are quietly
1:11.0	bearing a very heavy burden, a million of them. They are managing
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