Oh god, this is going to sound to edgy or some shit but I dont even know where to start. Lets begin with the fundementals shall we? Biological mother: Age 45ish, been addicted to all manner of drugs since 14. Had her first child at 20 which is my big brother with a, [u]you guessed it[/u], fellow drug addict. That man is luckily not my father though, I got a different type of crazy I guess. My mother is also a paranoid schizofreni ac. She unironically thinks meat eaters are worse than a certain failed infamous artist, thinks all men are ra[i]p[/i]ists, that all who disagree with Stalin are the worst scum of the earth. She mentally, emotionally and sometimes even physically abuses. She is a master of deception, manipulation and of using people like bricks in a game of chess, all for her own gains. (Thats why I can not stand it when people use dishonest tactics in debates btw. Because all I see when I see those tactics, are my mother.) My father: He is certainly an interesting individual. I don't know him that well yet so I'll see who he is, eventually. He hasnt been a good father to me and father role to my bigger bro during our childhood. However, im giving him a new chance, as 12 years apart made it so we didnt even know eachother anymore. Not because he went to buy milk so long ago, but because CPS denied him to stay in touch with me. They...[i]chose the wrong parent.[/i] It was now 12 years ago I had to move into fostercare because of said issues. My stay in fostercare: I was given one short straw for another. I had to live with my mothers aunt. She was but the other side of the coin that my mother was. Overly controlling, like a tyrant. Abusive, like my mother. A master of the same game. But all in just a different manner; different play styles of the same game. Her daughter was fortunately not of such crazyness. She has always been very kind to me. Not once was she nasty in anyway towards me really. She was just as much a victim of the family tree as I was. She's 5 yrs older than me and moved into her own place long ago luckily. I'll mention one outta the blue thing: all authority figures in my life have been lying to me for all those 12 yrs, giving me conflicting information, taking big life decisions [i]for[/i] me without ever having my consent. They've been massively incompotent and broken so many laws, even basic ones, that some should face serious prison time. Im not gonna mention other family members in this exact comment as I'd literally run of place. But long story short; I didnt [i]exactly[/i] have the best of childhoods. But, what never ceased to amuse me, is that, like my aunts daughter, im not a drug addict. Im not mentally fucced. Im not batshit crazy, full of hate for people for absurd reasons. Unfortunately, the same cant be said about my big bro. He still believies my mother is sane and healthy and a good person to spend time with. In [b][i]many, many[/i][/b] cases I'll have to agree with Wraith: CPS is just legalised human trafficking. It truly wasnt the fact that my mother had her issues and my father his that messed my childhood up; it was to a disproportienate (that how you spell it?) amount CPS's gross incompotence, willfull ignorance, corruption and gaslighting. If you should take [i][b]one[/b][/i] thing away from this let it be this: Do not trust people who you don't know enough when they say "they only want the best for you". The 1900's and this proves just why you shouldnt.