<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # A parent's apology may help, but healing cannot... > A parent's apology may help, but healing cannot depend upon an oblivious person becoming historically accurate. The adult can validate the injury, recover the missing context, and build a different internal authority even when the original witness never understands. **Source:** [[livestreams/Understanding and Releasing Internalized Shame - Workbook|Understanding and Releasing Internalized Shame]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “A parent's apology may help, but healing cannot depend upon an oblivious person becoming historically accurate. The adult can validate the injury, recover the missing context, and build a different internal authority even when the original witness never understands.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-parents-apology-help-witness-never-understands ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->