How little we really know about the topic of shame

Working on the "Parenting Without Shame" issue of Attached Family was unlike any that have come before. I didn't realize, when I began, of how little I knew about shame as a topic. "Shame" is a term used often in parenting and parent education circles, but do we really know what shame is? So much of putting this issue together came down to doing the research -- and soul-searching -- to really understand this emotion.