You have no idea how much I hope so. A friend of mine is a social worker and has some horror stories that she shares from time to time. I hope to God that those people are chemically imbalanced in some way because I'd like to believe that no amount of context / perspective can shape a person to do the things that I've heard about (essentially parents really abusing or abandoning their kids).
Sort of funny story. My son asked me why I panic when he runs around in a mall.
"Because then you might get out of my sight."
"Is that bad, Daddy?"
"Then some bad people might take you."
"Is that bad, Daddy?"
"Then I'll be worried looking for you."
"Is that bad, Daddy?"
"Then I might kill all these people in this mall trying to find you."
"Oh, that's bad."
The old guy next to me gave me this look. Funny. We've repeated that story so many times that now it's...
"J, don't run around and get out of my sight..."
"I know...you'll kill all these people."
It's funny, but I'm still waiting for child services to show up at my door.