Chris Kamara does not believe he would change the events of his childhood, even though it was a difficult time.

“my childhood is slightly clouded um so i wouldn't change anything because you can't change the course of history but life was difficult growing up very difficult um so yeah i wouldn't change anything to be honest”

Lindy suggests that her childhood experiences of neglect and isolation were difficult but she remained resilient by focusing on a better future.

“I was always isolated. There was one thing or another happening. So, I had to raise myself, you know, and say what's right and wrong in my head. But, I always knew it was better. The future was always out there.”

He asserts that growing up without a consistent father figure and living in unstable conditions were the primary sources of his childhood anger.

“but I didn't have that father figure to implement that and it was like with my mom I got to a point where especially to me being mixed and me being a black man there certain thing and not a black man me being mixed and you know being black it was hard for me to certain things connect with with her”

Elise feels that being forced into a troubled teen program at age 16 severely impacted her development and taught her to internalize shame and blame herself for things that were not her fault.

“so they basically taught you that it was your fault mhm yes yes and there was a very I remember for my person personal program um there was a huge emphasis on my sexual history and um basically how bad and dirty it was”

She believes her early life trauma and experiences of abuse are the primary reason she became involved in prostitution.

“can you imagine what your life would have been like if what happened with your grandfather never occurred yeah I wouldn't even be involved in this game were the drugs or the drugs or anything really that's the main thing that kind of deception deceives me every morning”