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It really breaks my heart when I see this. I once saw a woman aggressively screech âshut up you cntsâ to her two toddlers crying in a supermarket. Seriously what chance do these kids have? When youth crime is committed, people often comment âwhere are the parentsâ. Well the parents are deadshits who donât care and were probably doing the same thing when they were kids. We canât expect these kids will get help from their families, but no other options for âparentingâ are available other than foster care. All you can do is hope that against the odds, as adults they are able to overcome the shitty birth lottery they got, and start a normal life. The ones who succeed are truly amazing.
The problem is even if they manage to live a normal life, they will be missing things most people have.
And because of that, they might find it hard to relate to the average person.
And they don't have the safety nets either.