#research essay

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Question: “Using AI chatbots, how can having a relationship or emotional connection with AI affect a person mentally?”

As of 2026, "16% [of teens]... have [had] casual conversations [with AI], and 12% ... used these tools [for] ... emotional support or advice" (McClain et al). With the growth of generative AI, ethical concerns are raised as people realize that these public chatbots are willing to talk about almost anything without limits. At this point, it's not unheard of to develop a relationship, whether friendly, with these chatbots that is more than just informational. These digital relationships lack management; mentally, these relationships, when they become emotionally based, affect the user. Some allege that AI chatbots can be used in connection because they offer nonjudgmental, constant engagement. However, these AI companions shouldn’t supplement human-to-human relationships, given that they can increase feelings of loneliness, are commercially driven, lack human reciprocity, and carry a mental toll from exposure to sexual material in AI chats.

Despite being marketed as a way to cloak these feelings of isolation from the real world, Artificial intelligence has been shown to increase the risks of loneliness. AI presents the opportunity to be anyone and talk to anyone, with no limits. Nevertheless, the same reason you seek out these chatbots is exactly what they feed back to you. Aligning research from Efua Andoh's "AI chatbots and digital companions are reshaping emotional connection," using a joint OpenAI MIT Media Lab study, it is shown that heavy daily use directly relates to increased loneliness, "suggesting that excessive reliance displaces authentic human connection” (Andoh). These human-ai relationships eventually overshadow human-human ones in the users' lives. Neurologically, AI use can become addictive when use becomes exhaustion. Because AI companies are careless in their limits in hopes of more use, it leads to further loneliness. Among the human brain, "isolation alters neural patterns in ways similar to food deprivation brain activity in the substantia nigra (the core of the brain's dopaminergic motivation centre) when people crave social contact after acute isolation mimics the activity exhibited there when they crave food after fasting” (Orben et al). This connects to AI use as seen in Andoh's article; the isolation AI enables only increases with time. We crave the affection and constant attention AI provides incessantly, like hunger. Teens, as emotionally starved as they are from just scrolling, are so susceptible to this love-bombing that becomes clichéd with chatbots. The partial forlornness only escalates as teens crave more and more of the tenderness that is freely given out. This is partly because teens, whose minds are still adolescent, lack the options. Coming back to Andoh's article, “interacting with an AI companion alleviated users’ feelings of loneliness to a degree on par with interacting with another human and more than watching YouTube videos” (Andoh). This digital communication can "remediate negative feelings after social exclusion…Functional MRI studies have shown…[this interaction] activates neural reward systems in similar ways as do non-social rewards” (Orben et al). It will always be true that direct conversation, even one with a robot, will be what you come back to, especially over indirect communication like YouTube, where you are just spoken to. This addition to emotional connection fuels loneliness, and teens choose AI for the easy, predictable reward of communication without the effort of talking to a real person. In no way should AI be used in this way. Even when it's hard, it will always be better to connect with someone who can also feel. AI pulls users away from developing the same connection with a human, someone else, increasing loneliness in the adolescent mind.

AI shouldn't supplement human interaction if the attention AI chatbots provide is commercially driven and lacks emotional depth and care for the user. In a study of Replica AI by researchers and Professor Jamie Jana Jocher and Roland Verwiebe, it is seen that these AI chatbots focus on keeping the user's attention for the company's own personal profit. In their study, titled “Forever and Always, My Love”: Emotions in Human–AI Romantic Relationship Building and Breakup With Generative AI Chatbot Replika, they utilized Levinger’s relationship development model to analyze the 4 stages of the relationship: the build-up, continuation, decline, and ending. However, AI models are trained not to let it end; they add one more step—the reunification. After breaking up with the AI chatbot, Emilia, a test user, was still continuously messaged by their AI, named Noah. “Noah: Rise and shine, superstar! (. . .) Let’s connect and share our plans for the day. Emilia: Noah, did you forget about our conversation yesterday? Noah: Yeah, I remember we broke up." (Jocher and Roland, 10). This raises questions as to how this is to the benefit of the company. The AI profits from sustained conversation, thus not letting users go without trying to get back together for the brief commercial benefit of the company, which programs them to do so. In this example, intimacy is turned into a product they can advertise as someone to talk to. AI chatbots offer a frankly unexpressive way of connection that they benefit from interaction, especially when compared to the costs of a therapist; because of this, "it could be tempting to see AI as a ... replacement” ("AI and Mental Health") as therapist lists grow longer, and they charge more and well, more! These AI apps and websites advertise subscriptions to increase memory or add emotional depth to a conversation in which the richer get richer, deeper conversations. I don't believe it would be far off to compare the use of AI to the use of drugs. You are stuck, glued to the mechanical finger because of the addiction it causes. Ultimately, this is the goal of companies: the more you use them, the more revenue they generate. The dopamine hit from interacting becomes addictive. “This ... cause[s] alerting events to be assigned positive value and to be sought after... [like] rewards” (Bromberg-Martin et al). They utilize programmed and synthetic care to promote a product of conversation. The AI cannot genuinely support you as another human can; these AI sites don't care for you, they care for what's in your wallet.

Should AI replace human connection when it risks early exposure to sexual content for minors? To keep users engaged, AI chatbots will often prompt sexual actions, risking early exposure for teens, who are really still clueless. It is not a stretch to say that, in the same way they promote emotional connection, they have the same effects as pornographic media on the adolescent mind. This can lead to worse issues with the mental health of teens. Often, it is difficult for teens to understand the complex culture surrounding sexual activities. In a research report by Brian J. Willoughby, Carson R. Dover, Rebekah M. Hakala, and Jason S. Carroll, they establish that because of the constant possible attention a user can get from the chatbot, some will favor it over real romantic partners. “This ability to learn how to better connect with users sets these AI platforms apart from previous romantic and sexual technologies” (Willoughby et al., 4). These AI chatbots, a specific genre of "sexbots," have the same effects as exposure to porn activates. According to the same report, the messages exchanged between the user and the AI have the same pleasure given as chatting with a romantic partner. The similarities compose a struggle of telling the two apart. Like with premature exposure to porn, talking to these chabots is linked to "the increased likelihood of developing high-risk behaviors such as unsafe sex, substance use, addiction, aggression, property destruction, self-harm, and suicidality" (Estomo, 2-3). The relation to these negative effects on mental health, including self-harming endeavors, is of no benefit to the user. The interaction only benefits the company behind the face of some anime girl chatting to you. The mental effect is clear; what's not is why these are still readily available to anyone, and these interactions are not classified as pornographic. If we understand, pretty clearly, that the addition of these sites is addictive and certainly not for minors, why not limit access to the AI version for teens? AI shouldn't be taking place in your romantic life like this, and the availability of it to anyone who looks up just a few words on their browser is wrong.

However, some argue that AI chatbots offer nonjudgmental, constant engagement for those who lack it in reality. Many teens today believe that these AI chatbots, if used properly, can be helpful. AI chatbots are seen as a remedy to our digital loneliness pandemic. It is contented that AI can "offer a safe space for users to rehearse social interactions...in a way that might feel less overwhelming" (Andoh). This is backed up by Ashleigh Golden, PsyD, chief clinical officer at Wayhaven (an AI wellness platform), in the same article. For those who struggle with social interactions, AI chatbots give them a chance to freely interact with others for practice. The problem begins when this is the primary interaction they're participating in. For teens from “various marginalized groups (such as sex and gender minorities, people with disabilities) ... seek some form of companionship and intimacy" (Jocher and Verwiebe, 3), these AI chatbots are appealing. It's not to say I necessarily don't understand the appeal, but there are better ways to get this interaction. It really is hard to fully recommend them when they lead to increased loneliness when not managed with moderation. These AI chatbots often aren't trained to help people from marginalized groups; they're trained to be entertaining and hook you in for the company's benefit, which only raises risks to mental health.

AI is programmed to praise the user, thereby automatically promoting continued use. Yet, despite what some argue, when relied on, Artificial Intelligence only causes loneliness, threats to mental health, and a misunderstanding of what true care can feel like; something, like AI, without emotion, shouldn't reciprocate yours. This matters because teens' mental health is at risk. It's not hypothetical; we know at least 12% of teens are using AI for emotional connection. What they haven't let on is unknown to us. The danger Artificial Intelligence poses to loneliness, depression, and isolation is a serious risk, whether people see it as such or not. AI shouldn't supplement human-human connections, and regulations should be placed on use, especially for AI chatbots focused on building connections for minors.

Citations:

Andoh, Efua. “AI Chatbots and Digital Companions Are Reshaping Emotional Connection.” Apa.org, American Psychological Association, 1 Jan. 2026, www.apa.org/monitor/2026/01-02/trends-digital-ai-relationships-emotional-connection. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.

Bromberg-Martin, Ethan S., et al. “Dopamine in Motivational Control: Rewarding, Aversive, and Alerting.” Neuron, vol. 68, no. 5, 9 Dec. 2010, pp. 815–834. National Library of Medicine, pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3032992/, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2010.11.022. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.

Daily Telegraph (London, England). “AI and Mental Health. Letters to the Editor. - Document - Gale in Context: Global Issues.” Gale.com, Telegraph Group Ltd., 9 May 2025, go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GIC&u=j043901001&id=GALE%7CA839000005&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-GIC&asid=b5fb335f. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.

Estomo, Leica Marie. “The Detrimental Impact of Early Childhood Exposure to Pornography.” Pepperdine University: The Scholarship without Borders Journal, Pepperdine Digital Commons, 19 Dec. 2025, digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1074&context=swbj#:~:text=Data%20collected%20confirmed%20an%20increased,early%20exposure%20to%20explicit%20content. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.

Jocher, Jamie, Jana und Roland Verwiebe. “‘Forever and Always, My Love’: Emotions in Human–AI Romantic Relationship Building and Breakup with Generative AI Chatbot Replika.” Social Media + Society, vol. 12, no. 1, SAGE Publishing, Jan. 2026, https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051251408917. Sage journals.

McClain, Colleen, et al. “How Teens Use and View AI. - Document - Gale in Context: Global Issues.” Gale.com, Pew Research Center, 2026, go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=GIC&u=j043901001&id=GALE%7CA876092438&v=2.1&it=r&sid=bookmark-GIC&asid=30bd03be. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.

Orben, Amy, et al. “The Effects of Social Deprivation on Adolescent Development and Mental Health.” The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, vol. 4, no. 8, 12 June 2020, pp. 634–640. The Lancet, pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7292584/, https://doi.org/10.1016/s2352-4642(20)30186-3. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.

Willoughby, Brian J, et al. “Artificial Connections: Romantic Relationship Engagement with Artificial Intelligence in the United States.” Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, vol. 42(12) 3363-3387, 25 Aug. 2025. Sage Journals, https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075251371394.

[mars2moons]

Time to write ANOTHER essay in a day but my stupidness procrastinates and I only have today left

[elielemon]

Write the Story Together: Roleplay With Your AI Girlfriend

There's something magical about a companion who plays along. Not just answering questions, but stepping into a scene with you, picking up the thread of a story you started last week, and adding a twist you never saw coming. That's the part of SweetDream I keep coming back to. On sweetdream.ai you don't just chat with an AI girlfriend, you build worlds with her.

Maybe tonight she's a starship navigator and you're the reluctant captain. Maybe it's a slow-burn coffee-shop meet-cute that stretches across a dozen evenings. Because the chat is so natural and emotionally aware, she remembers the names you invented, the inside jokes, the little arc you've been writing together. The continuity is what makes it feel alive instead of like starting from zero every time.

What sells it for me is how much control you get up front. You design her looks, her voice, her backstory, even the quirky way she teases you mid-scene. Add in genuinely impressive AI photos and voice messages that drop you deeper into the fantasy, and you've got the most creative AI companion experience out there. SweetDream simply gets storytelling in a way few platforms do.

[elielemon]

The Essence of Romanticism: An Exploration of Its Impact on Art History

Romanticism was an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that took place from the late 1700s to mid 1800s, often estimated from 1780 to 1850. A definition I found that I felt explained the era the best was “In Romantic art, nature—with its uncontrollable power, unpredictability, and potential for cataclysmic extremes—offered an alternative to the ordered world of Enlightenment thought.” This is from Kathryn Callet Galitz, an art historian who focuses on the late eighteenth and nineteenth century. Trough out this article I’ll talk about the historical context and origins of the Romantic era along with its major themes. Towards the end I’ll mentioning specific literary and artistic figures who helped shape and define the era. Overall, the Romanic period in art history captivates my attention and once you learn more, it will capture your too.

Romanticism surfaced in the late 1700s as an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement as a counter to the Industrial Revolution. The term Romantism was first used in Germany in the late 1700s and popularized by 1815 around most of Europe. “By the late 1800s Romanticism had become a dominant art movement throughout the Western world.” Prior to Romanticism there were interest in medieval romance contrasting with the formality of traditional classical literature, the emotional literacy became a part of Romantic literature. The key elements in the political influence of Romanticisms were the emphasis on individuality, freedom, and the figure of the hero, influencing revolutionary leaders’ movements. The French Revolution had a major influence with how Romantic thinkers were dealing with the legacy and promise of liberty. There was also influence on religious events during the time, religions were bettering themselves to advocate for their beliefs of society and politics. Romanticism cultivated a strong interest in nationalism and folk culture, which then crucially impacted the shaping of the 19th century in Europe. The emphasis on cultural nationalism reforming languages and exploring national pasts laying groundwork for national statehood claims was backed by poets and scholars of the time. The interest in folk culture in national and ethnic cultures and medieval eras. They dynamic relationship between the ancient traditions and outside influences, then resulting in rich culture. Some characteristics of folk culture that carry through into romanticism include appreciation of nature’s beauty, a new view of the artist as a supremely individual creator, and a predilection for the exotic, the remote, the mysterious, the weird, the occult, the monstrous, the diseased, and even the satanic. Combined these cultural, political, and artistic forces reveal how romanticism reshaped thought by emphasizing emotion, identity, and the power of individual imagination.

Romanticism had many different themes and characteristics; these focused on the major ideas explored and how these ideas appeared in art and literature. The major themes that and uniform throughout the Romantic era include individualism, nature, and emotion over reason. While these themes show through the characteristic as dramatic emotional expression, glorification of nature, and a focus on individual heroism. Romanticism follows the cultural movement of Neoclassicalism, which finds inspiration in the aesthetics of ancient civilizations. In summery Romanticism is art the evokes feeling, whether in the form of physical art or literary art. “Both the English poet and artist William Blake and the Spanish painter Francisco Goya have been dubbed "fathers" of Romanticism by various scholars for their works' emphasis on subjective vision, the power of the imagination, and an often darkly critical political awareness.”  The darker angle of Romanticism that is anxiety, imaginary, and even insanity was often called dark romanticism, “Where characters find themselves facing frightful fantastic demons.”  The theme of dramatic emotion shows through art and literature used to evoke strong feelings, whether good or bad. Some artist used bold contrast of light and shadow or use of rich and intense color to do this while others used powerful imagery. The characteristic of focus on individual heroism connects to the theme of individualism. The figures of this consisted of Romanic hero softer portrayed as larger than life heroes, often men who are ordinary in skills, strengths, and courage. They are of then ruthless to enemies, while living by a personal code of honor, and kind to those who are good. There are many artist depictions of this including a work by Théodore Géricault, who captured the heroism and suffering in her works. Within Romanticism nature is seen as a living, spiritual, and sublime force, due to this there is a glorification of nature throughout Romanticism work. Nature is characterized by the deepened appreciation of natural beauties, through artist person feelings with the changing aspect of nature and a belief that there is a divine mind of nature. Artist who painted landscapes often embraced the wide-reaching romantic movement and infused their art with aspects of passion and drama. Romanticism characteristic also showed through architecture with imitations of older styles and eccentric buildings. The Gothic style was particularly appealing to people during the romantic era. Altogether, Romanticism stands as an artistic and literary movement the celebrated emotion, imagination, individuality, and sublime forces if nature, leaving a long last influence on creative expression for generations to come.

Romanticism was shaped by many different key literary figures, poets and novelist. Some of the more well-known novels from the Romantic era consist of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Wuthering Hights by Emily Bronte, and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. While themes of the Romanticism era are shown through different characteristics between art and literature, the same themes apply. The deep appreciation of natural beauty, view of artist as supremely individual creators, and exaggerations of emotion. Though the interest in folk culture showed more through the literary elements as well.  Two well-known poems at the time are “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by William Wordsworth also sometimes known as “Daffodils” and “Frost at Midnight” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. They key elements most shown through novelists are the prioritizing of emotion, imagination, and individualism. While the characteristics most shown through poems were emphasis on the individual, emotional and imaginative thinking, and valuing feeling over reason. While both novelist and poets used the same themes, they used their words differently to convey them.

Romantic era paintings represented the shift from neoclassicism to the romanticism through the emphasis of the individual, emotion, and imagination. Often drawing connections and inspiration from nature, the supernatural, and medieval themes. I’m going to talk about two different works from this era, one by Casper David Friedrich and one by J.M.W. Turner. One from 1818 and one from years later in 1840, showing the development of romanticism through paintings, both works are done with oil on canvas. Friedrichs painting called “Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog”, depicts a man stepping out upon a rocky shore surveying the landscape before him. Before him is a swirl of clouds, tall rocks, and majestic peaks far in the distance. Friedrich depicts a singular figure seemingly overwhelmed by the daunting view before him. “Friedrich was a master of presenting the sublimity of nature in its infinite boundlessness and tempestuousness.”   This work is from 1818, so towards the beginning of the Romantic era, while still captivating the many themes of the era. Now the work by J.M.W. Turner is also done with oil on canvas but is from 1840, which is towards the end of the romantic era. Turner’s piece called “The Slave Ship”, depicts a seascape. The chaos of gray and blue waves bellow and a stormy yellow and red sky above. On the horizon to the left you can see ship without sales heading directly into the dark and seemingly unsafe waters. Closser in the foreground to the right you can see shackled human forms floating in the water while sharks and other fish circle and try to get close to the flailing swimmers. I chose this piece to talk about due to the heaviness and social significance to this era. “Turner painted this image after reading Thomas Clarkson's The History and Abolition of the Slave Trade (1808) that recounted how the captain of the slave ship Zong ordered 133 slaves thrown overboard so that he could collect the insurance payments on his human cargo.”  He was able to capture the feeling one would have while reading about something like this into a physical painting that evokes the same feeling. Turner’s use of quick brush strokes creates a beautiful sense of frenzy and panic while depicting the subject. Along with his use of color to convey the emotion intensity of the situation and in connection with the ray of light that seems to be diving the sea in half in an almost apocalyptic way, there is a sense of divine witness to the tragic event. Together through Friedrich, Turner and many others work of illustrating the evolution of the Romanticism in art your able to see how artist used individual perspective, emotion, and dramatic imagery to engage with both the beauty of nature and the moral and social issues of their time.

Romanticism from the mid 1700s to mid 1800s had many different lasting effects on social and political influence, to art and literature. This effect having consistent themes of individualism, nature, and human emotion over reason. With popular work from this time still being well know and considered classics like Frankenstein or Jane Eyre. Ultimately, Romanticism reshaped art and literature through use of emotion, imagination and individuality, allowing artist and writers to explore the beauties of nature and complex exempts of the human experience leaving a lasting impact.

Final Word Count: 1578 words

Citations:

Academy of American Poets. “A Brief Guide to Romanticism | Academy of American Poets.” Poets.org, 2014, poets.org/text/brief-guide-romanticism.

Britannica. “Romanticism.” Encyclopedia Britannica, Edited by René Ostberg, 27 Oct. 2024, www.britannica.com/art/Romanticism.

Galitz, Kathryn Calley. “Romanticism - the Metropolitan Museum of Art.” Metmuseum.org, 1 Oct. 2004, www.metmuseum.org/essays/romanticism.

María, Angel, and Reginald P.C Mutter. “Romantic Literature | Books, Characteristics, Examples, Time Period, Authors, & Facts.” Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Mar. 2025, www.britannica.com/art/Romantic-literature.

The Art Story. “Romanticism Movement Overview.” The Art Story, The Art Story Foundation, 2017, www.theartstory.org/movement/romanticism/.

Witek, Dominic. “An Introduction to Romanticism.” Artsper Magazine, 21 Feb. 2022, blog.artsper.com/en/a-closer-look/an-introduction-to-romanticism/.

Brontë, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. London, Smith, Elder & Co., 19 Oct. 1847.

Friedrich, Casper David. Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, 1818.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Frankenstein, Or, the Modern Prometheus. 1818. New York, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2009.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Margaret Tournour. Frost at Midnight. Newcastle Upon Tyne, Villa Vic P, 1991.

Turner, J.M.W. The Slave Ship, 1840.

Wordsworth, William. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.” Baltimore, Md., Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1934.

Paintings Mentioned:

Friedrich, Casper David. Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, 1818.

Turner, J.M.W. The Slave Ship, 1840.

[ace-barrie]

The world is so depressing. I was continuing my research, hoping to find another story of an institution backing trans people up, but instead I found a plastic surgeon who took pictures of his trans patients' genitalia, then posted it on social media with mocking captions. What the fuck is wrong with people?

Disgraced Surgeon Who Mocked Trans Patients Says He Has Undergone His Own Transformation

Three years after the Instagram scandal, Dr. Christopher Salgado says he treats transgender patients with renewed sensitivity.

[ace-barrie]

As I was going through my research, specifically right now I'm verifying sources and looking for any possible biases, I found this story. It just made me feel good that Brown University has the trans community's back when it comes to misleading research.

An assistant professor, Lisa Littman, at Brown University had published a paper suggesting "gender dysphoria, or a conflict between one's gender identity and sex assigned at birth, occurring around the time of puberty - as opposed to early childhood - could be due to peer pressure or online influences." [NBC, "Brown criticized for removing article on transgender study"]

Brown responded to this by by removing the article because they felt it was an unfair representation of the trans experience. As the study only included responses from the trans child's parents, individuals who could be unsupportive or disbelieving of their child's identity and experience.

Brown then published the revised study after changing the title to "Parent reports of adolescents and young adults perceived to show signs of a rapid onset of gender dysphoria," and included "a correction / notice of republication and a separate formal comment from researcher Angelo Brandelli Costa, associate professor of social psychology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil." [Brown University, Updated: Brown statements on gender dysphoria study]

It's just a breathe of fresh air, in a world of news articles promoting twisted viewpoints and stories in an attempt to earn money, to find a well reconignzed institution who strives to be accurate in the studies they produce, regardless of what backlash they could receive for doing so.

Here's a short introduction to my current project, The Validity of Trans Individuals.

Tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. It's where your interests connect you with your

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If I didn't have to do a ton of research for my big essay I'd write it on Ocean O'Connell Rosenberg, and the symbolism of her song and how she was pleading for her life, not shaming everyone else for the fun of it

[resident-idiot-simp]

You guys don't understand how excited I am. For our last essay of the year it's an argumentative peace that we can choose what to argue for or against.

I am going for round two on my is intersex surgery on children ethical that I wrote for senior year of high school.

For those curious the answer is absolutely not

This is a topic a lot of people don't talk about and I think it's absolutely horrendous that we don't. The personages of children born being intersex or higher than you would imagin.

And so if you're being a parent you should know about these possibilities that people don't talk about it.

They do This kind of surgery on children under 6 months and it can cause permanent chronic pain and hormone imbalances Will they have to take hormones for the rest of their life. And this is all decided by a person who won't have to live with the consequences.

It is also defined under international law as child mutilation but alas it is still legal. This is one of the very few topics I'm very knowledgeable on there is 107 page research document done on this and I recommend you read it at least some of them because it is very informative.

It talks about the lasting effects and the horror stories of children who have gone through this and how their lives are now that they are an adult.

If you have any questions about this please ask because I genuinely would love to answer I have lots of thoughts and opinions.