in the early 2000s, I had violent women in my family who would rob me, beat me, break my possessions or even sell them. I would call the police many times. All proved to be a terrible mistake. “listen to your mother” “listen to your sister” “you probably deserved it” “you should have been nicer”. Back then, you have no rights as a child.

I’d be dragged out of my place in cuffs, for “my own safety” as a child. Today, it concerns me what kind of a world the west has become for having children.

is 2005 truly worse than 2025?