I absolutely hate these kinds of documentaries, really all true-crime docs, but for whatever reason I was drawn to click on this one. It was very heartbreaking to watch how everything unfolded in this family's story. It showed that abuse never belongs to just one person, even if it is experienced most directly by one. It leaks outward - quietly and relentlessly. These kids at a young age learned lessons they were never meant to learn: that love is conditional and that silence equals safety. What makes abuse even shittier is its persistence. Long after it stops, the pattern still poisons people like a virus. The heaviest realization is the possibility that the impact will never leave you.
I absolutely hate these kinds of documentaries, really all true-crime docs, but for whatever reason I was drawn to click on this one. It was very heartbreaking to watch how everything unfolded in this family's story. It showed that abuse never belongs to just one person, even if it is experienced most directly by one. It leaks outward - quietly and relentlessly. These kids at a young age learned lessons they were never meant to learn: that love is conditional and that silence equals safety. What makes abuse even shittier is its persistence. Long after it stops, the pattern still poisons people like a virus. The heaviest realization is the possibility that the impact will never leave you.
