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“I will break the cycle…I will trust the children. The child within me and the children I will one day nurture. I will trust in their resilience, their wisdom, their limitless imagination, and their innate capacity for love. I will guide them, but I will also learn from them and will allow their innocence and wonder heal the wounded parts of my soul. Together we will create a new story.”
I have no words. I am so proud of Shari.

“Sometimes family isn‘t just what you‘re born into. It‘s also what you build in the aftermath of loss.”

I thought that, since I‘d watched the documentaries and read the articles, this book wouldn‘t be able to shock me. I am about halfway through it right now. I. Am. Horrified. That woman was a mess long before Jody came into her world. Always cold. Always calculating. Always manipulative.
Those poor children. (And eff that husband, too. Coward).

😳, I unfortunately think we‘re at the start of kids telling their stories of living in a household that broadcast to YouTube of other online media sources. There are so many ethical dilemmas that go along with these situations (some of which Franke discusses in her book). The passing of the 2018 Free Range Parenting law in Utah has made it close to impossible for DSS to investigate cases of child abuse since the law is so vague. I can‘t imagine

Today, as I stand in my utopia, I have what any person could wish for—a life and the love of my son.
Stephen and I are a family.
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Good grief.

I commend Shari for sharing her story and working toward changing laws in order to protect children like her family. A tragic story.

Those poor, poor children 😪

Has anyone read this?I'm so torn.On one hand, the empathetic side of me sees a teenage girl who finally escaped abuse and was teetering on the edge of suicide, barely surviving. On the other hand, her multiple calls to child protective services indicates that she knew her younger siblings were being abused,too.To what extent did she know is arguable as the abuse did escalate, but at minimum she knew there was gross neglect and physical abuse ⬇️