Conversation 3 — The Child Wasn't Responsible. The Adult Is.

Conversation With Nikki · Sep 23, 2026 · 8m

Conversation With Nikki

The Student Level: Learning to Own Your Story

Conversation 3 — The Child Wasn’t Responsible. The Adult Is.

Welcome back to Conversation With Nikki.

We’ve spent the first two conversations doing something that can be uncomfortable.

We’ve looked at our stories without making ourselves the villain.

Today, I want to take that one step further.

The child wasn’t responsible. The adult is.

I want you to sit with that sentence.

Because if you’ve experienced childhood trauma, abandonment, neglect, emotional pain, or addiction in your family, you may hear that sentence and…