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We Were Told to Just Handle It. Here's What That Cost Us.

12 October 2026

“We turned out fine.” But what did we learn to keep quiet about? In this personal episode of Through the Eyes: Uncensored, Tara Woodlee shares parts of her childhood she has rarely discussed publicly—from family upheaval and discovering she was adopted to religious abuse and being expected to accept situations where she felt unsafe. For many Gen X adults, “that’s just how we grew up” became the explanation for experiences we never fully unpacked. We learned to keep going. We tried to give our children something better. But did we ever tell them what we w… Video by YouTube channel.

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