TOWS Special: The Cycle of Family Abuse

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Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Original Air Date: November 1, 1988 A mother discusses the physical and emotional abuse she suffered at the hands of her father and how she later married an abuser. Her four children recall being abused by their father and talk about the effect it’s had on their lives and how they see the pattern in their own lives. Professor and author of The Future as if it Really Mattered James Garbarino shares how to break the abusive cycle. 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. Do you remember thinking to yourself when you were a child?
1:07.0	When I grow up and become a parent, I'm never going to treat my kids away my parents treated me.
1:11.0	Chances are you broke that promise.
1:13.8	Chances are if your parents beat you, you beat your children.
1:17.0	If your parents verbally abused you, you yell at your kids.
1:20.5	It goes on and on and on.
1:22.0	The cycle, very rarely, breaking.
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