"It's possible to treat young people as though they are no more than
victims of unfortunate horror, biological disorder, or family
psychopathology. A child can seem to be the end result of a process
she played no part in. In this way she becomes an object of pity or
remediation, but never a subject, never one who plays a part and
chooses ... something, even when she's been thrust into terrible
circumstances beyond her control."
]Annie G Rogers, The unsayable, p 202. Random House, 2006.
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