Rob, I'd read it too.My father was sexually abusiv...

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22878815.post-40781673153450684992008-03-28T23:53:00.000-06:002008-03-28T23:53:00.000-06:00Rob, I'd read it too.My father was sexually abusiv...Rob, I'd read it too. My father was sexually abusive, but I have lots of friends who've had physically or verbally violent dads, and I think all of us struggle with some similar issues when we become parents ourselves -- How do we parent in a good way when that was not at all modeled for us? Are you familiar with the research being done on forgiveness? Here's a link to an article about Robert Enright, a prof. of educational psych. at Univ. of Wisconsin - http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=694625 He developed some steps for forgiveness (which is not the same as condoning a behavior), and then worked with incest victims and theorized that those who were able to go further in the steps of forgiveness had better mental health. I don't know if this would be interesting to you in your research. PS - you are a really cute boy in that pic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com