My siblings and I grew up experiencing frequent physical abuse over minor things. Now, as adults, the aftermath is painfully clear. One of my sisters ran away when she was still young. I’ve cut off all contact with our mother — she’s never met her grandchildren. One of my brothers struggles with drug addiction, another is chronically in debt due to a gambling addiction. The only two siblings still in touch with our mother are my brother who has a cognitive disability — caused by a grenade shard injury when he was a baby — and the brother who sexually abused my sister, and was then protected by our mother. This system is built on child abuse and neglect.