I did not expect to be crying so much after such a joyous two-thirds.

[spoiler]I disagree _to a small extent_ that separating them lead to mental health issues, but teaching children good cognitive behavior (CBT) skills isn't exactly in our modern curriculum or even understood by parents. Hell, I understood it pretty well _and_ attended classes with my daughter but couldn't really teach her what I knew. **About this story,** I thought (and wtf do I know...) children being let go to the State are more prone to the conditions their parents had -- even though I don't believe most are, "heritable." The human reward system is taught, or not -- barring any early trauma. I did think banging their heads after being separated was clearly linked to the withdrawal from the dopamine they got while together -- like what Dr. Gabor Mate says happens when infants are separated from their mothers (and takes several days to re-establish when re-united as a _defense_ mechanism **because the absence of that dopamine is interpreted as painful.**) [/spoiler]