"He says he felt safe and his needs never went unmet, and that his home was often a happy one. But he also describes a household marked by "chaos" and "yelling." "My siblings and I thought that if we were good, we could ... keep a sense of calm for my mom and the house overall," he writes. Shapiro says the experience made him closer to his brother and sister but isolated him from others."
"Shapiro says his mother suffered from a traumatic and unsafe childhood herself, and that her father left home when she was 2 years old. He laments that she had few avenues to address her problems, having grown up at a time when therapy was taboo, and stresses that he loves her. Shapiro writes that his childhood has impacted the roads he's taken throughout his career and personal life."
Shapiro says a Harris aide asked whether he, as a Jewish man, was an Israeli agent while Biden-Harris team vetted him as a potential running mate in 2024. He describes a childhood that combined safety and unmet needs with household "chaos" and "yelling," and says he and his siblings tried to maintain calm for their mother. He reports that his mother's traumatic childhood and limited access to therapy shaped family dynamics. He links those experiences to his career choices, a preference for control and autonomy, closer bonds with siblings, personal isolation, and criticisms that he can be overly controlling.
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