A Child Called It

"The fucking Dad is. He's presented as this tough but kind patriarch, in contrast to the evil psychotic mom. An honorable Chicago Firefighter and an old-fashioned macho man. Never once does he try to intervene in the mother's abuse of young David beyond simply saying he doesn't approve of it."

"has the social incentive to be a victim become so high these days that people need to fake child called it level trauma in order to solidify their identity as a good person? is it just a grift??"