if you think about the places where safe places should be, home, school, that is not always the case. i was failed by every professional around me, social services, the police, doctors, they all failed me. they failed me by not listening to what i wasn't saying. they would ask me direct questions like, are you scared of your dad? i would say no. they never asked me how my mum got a black eye. so, being hungry, having a parent with mental—health — these things going on, it raises vulnerabilities that leave you open to exploitation. people that exploit do not go into any situation of exploitation winging it, and it starts with building relationships, forming relationships, starting to break relationships down, like domestic abuse. it is a very manipulative way that gangs bring children into the fold,