Comments from Mom and Dad That Change the Way We See Ourselves

Parents Say the Darndest Things

O, The Oprah Magazine | From the June 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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O staffers come forward with their own stories about how parents shaped their self-image.

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