Our friend Stephen Lamberton was just eight years old when his father died by suicide. For the next four decades, he carried that loss at arm's length – something that happened in his family, something that was about his dad. But not really about him.

Then his own son turned eight.

The grief and trauma that Stephen never processed as a boy started to show up in his life as a father. Relatively minor moments with his kids would trigger waves of anger that felt out of proportion and difficult to control. He didn't understand what was happening. So he got help.

Now a volunteer with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the Tree House Bereavement Center of Westchester, Stephen sits down with Milano and Alanna to talk about how unprocessed childhood trauma can quietly shape the kind of parent we become – and what it looks like to do something about it.

In this episode, we talk about:

👉 Parenting with unresolved trauma

👉 Childhood grief and emotional suppression

👉 Rage, resentment, and repair

👉 PTSD and fatherhood

👉 Vulnerability with children

👉 Breaking cycles instead of repeating them

👉 Healing after a parent’s suicide

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