[Empire_of_Liberty]

I sometimes miss my childhood of catching turtles and bullfrogs, or launching salamanders in my older brother’s model rockets.

Never, was I abused like this. Parents must not care. I thank God that mine did.

[guest7]

"Never, was I abused like this. Parents must not care."

"... I thought why not," said Kate Paarlberg-Kvam, 41, of Manchester, Vt., who attended the event with her child, Joey, 7"

You said "Parents"; could it just be "single moms"?