What does society expect abused, vulnerable children to grow up and become? Well-adjusted, contributing citizens? These children are growing up with their souls crushed. They will act out based on what they’ve learned. Why should they make any effort when no one has ever made any effort for them? And yet they give so much of themselves. Trust must be earned, and that seems to be something that Brazil has not understood. Rather than building trust, the country has built walls to separate the rich from the poor.
