When the term 'news anchor' comes to mind, chances are one of the most influential names in history comes to mind; Barbara Walters built her legacy over five decades by dedicating her life to bringing world news to the public wherein she would strengthen the connection between entertainment and news with her dedication to shaping the way journalism fits into the modern world.

Off-camera, Walters was familiar with an aspect many of the people and cases she profiled over the years had in common: There was always more to the story than what was being presented, and reasons why certain information was kept out of the public eye. Walters became familiar with the idea of an extremely personal and private situation she had kept under wraps for a long time became public knowledge; Understandably, Walters' fans and celebrity gossip lovers were curious about the idea of a public figure who presented herself as a dignified figure while in the spotlight, but was dealing with a multifaceted and heartbreaking situation behind-the-scenes.

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A Mother And Daughter's Story: Inside Barbara And Jackie's Relationship

Walters and her husband Lee Guber, whom she was married to from 1963 until 1976, experienced a desire many couples go through in their marriage; the couple decided they were ready to embark on the road to parenthood. Like many couples when they begin the journey of expanding their family, Walters and Lee found themselves dealing with a sad and lesser-discussed component of becoming parents: they experienced multiple losses before the duo made the decision to explore adoption.

Sometimes unexplained or coincidental phenomenons just happen. Some are incredibly devastating like the miscarriages Walters experienced and some events occur coincidentally or cosmically; some may look at the occurrence with the influence of the saying "When one door closes, another opens."

After the door 'closed' on the idea of Walters and Guber becoming parents biologically, the couple began to explore the idea of adoption, and the process by which the idea fell into their lives was quite a unique situation: the couple went to dinner with friends, who Walters described as having "rarely seen" and the couples discussed the subject of adoption and according to Walters, they experienced yet another unexpected twist wherein their friends had their hearts set on adopting a boy but were instead "Given the opportunity to adopt a girl."

Walters and Guber immediately knew the next move in their journey: They made the decision to adopt the little girl as their own!

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Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman: Discovering Jackie Danforth

Growing up in Hollywood often comes with its ups and downs. Growing up with a mother who is an incredibly world-renowned figure certainly comes with its own set of struggles, and as Jackie navigated her teens and twenties, she experienced a series of ups and downs in a chapter of her life which could similarly mirror the contents of the high-profile celebrity cases her mother covered.

In the Eighties, Danforth entered her teenage years and her experiences in her early teens turned out to mark the beginning of an extremely tough period for Danforth and her family. Her teen escapades began with a realization many teens experience: She figured out she would rather do other things besides going to school every single day. According to PopCulture.com, Danforth started skipping school in favor of trying to sneak into one of the most elite dance clubs of the era, Studio 54. As she began exploring a world that revolved around situations requiring a maturity well beyond her early teen years, Danforth found herself facing incredibly complex struggles.

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The shape of Barbara Walters' relationship and the intricacies of which she and Danforth went through would not be publicly revealed until several years later when they realized the time had come for them to let the public reveal the extent of what happened between them as Danforth came of age.

Going through a rebellious stage during teenhood is extremely common, and Danforth's story would prove wealth and her mother's famous status would not exempt her from going through a period of rebellion, nor experiencing consequences that would later arise from her experience.

Danforth's rebellious stage would soon experience a scary shift when her actions began to dictate the direction of her life. While many fifteen-year-olds were experiencing the emerging growing pains of teenhood, Danforth began channeling her own growing pains through actions that would later cause lots of pain for her mother; Danforth famously ran away from home and was later reported as being a runaway, which she revealed many years later during an intimate sitdown interview alongside her mother and Jane Pauley.

The young Danforth knew exactly how she was feeling while she was going through her difficult teen years. She would later reveal how good it felt for her to be a runaway, which she would later open up and explain, "I loved to run. I thought running away would solve all of my problems."

Running away from home would eventually lead Danforth on a downward spiral, a path fueled by a period of drug use. The aforementioned problems Danforth would experience were perhaps fueled by Danforth feeling out of place with her parents' level of fame; her father Lee Guber was heavily involved in theater, according to Danforth and Walters' joint NBC interview. A young Danforth felt she "Didn't fit into [Walters'] world."

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Barbara Walters' relationship with her daughter Jackie Danforth withstood an incredible amount of sadness and heartbreaking decisions, but one factor always remained and served as the backbone for their relationship; Walters loved her daughter fiercely, supporting her through healing and eventually becoming an executive director and founder of New Horizons, a center supporting the healing of runaway teens.

Just like an adult Danforth's dedication to New Horizons, her mother's love never faltered no matter what happened between the duo, serving as an inspirational tale for those wanting to rise above struggle!

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