Reparent

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To subject to early parenting techniques again (such as rocking and feeding) in order to treat an attachment disorder. transitive

    "Trauma and abuse are much broader than only physical violence or neglect, and part of your healing may be realizing that your experiences deserve to be reparented, Johnson said."

  2. 2
    To change the parent of an object in a data structure. transitive

    "If the client reparents the window away from root, the window is no longer a top-level window."

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"Trauma and abuse are much broader than only physical violence or neglect, and part of your healing may be realizing that your experiences deserve to be reparented, Johnson said."

Etymology

From re- + parent.

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