The study is horrifying, but I have to wonder about the control factors involved. I live in a neighborhood with kids and melodrama left and right. Just the other weekend we had the neighbor across the street drunk/high/frying AGAIN screaming at her male AGAIN and telling him to leave AGAIN. We've gotten so accustomed to her screaming, no one would think anything of it if it really were an emergency sometime. (Crying wolf?)

I wonder about the neighbors... not to excuse them, but I wonder if they were really neglectful, or simply jaded.

Karina Black//Ravenclaw