YOUTH VOICE
“"I felt different even in kindergarten. I didn't really want to play with others, I just wanted to be in the company of adults."”
“My parents were always at work and when they came home, they were always tired. I spent a lot of time alone. I learned to be alone and do things. I “lived” a lot on the internet and learned from there. I thought I would leave them alone and I could do it myself.”
“I have never felt loved.”
“I was very little, I remember my stepfather drinking and beating my mother.”
“I was bullied at school, I don't know why, but they were always teasing me.”
“"Parents come home from work...they say they want to rest and that I'm too active...they don't want to talk about their worries, so I'll let them rest."”
“One hug after a few years is not enough.”
“My parents never said they loved me.”
“"I was bullied in elementary school, I don't know why, I just thought it was a great scolding, school bullying, right?"”
“"The teacher didn't tolerate me, I sat after class every day. I lost the motivation to go to school at all. I thought, 'Why am I here if I'm not welcome here?'"”
“I was so young, 11, I didn't know where to turn.”
“I felt like an annoyance.”
“The educators did everything they could to send me away…I was always at fault for everything. Then I started to be arrogant and make their lives as uncomfortable as I could (a young person raised in a foster home).”
“"They were bullied a lot at school, they tried to support me at home, but they seemed indifferent.".
