Dang, I didn't regularly get the shit beat out of me, but basically everything just up to that, screaming, random punishments that made no sense, shit getting thrown around, doors opened and slammed, etc.

Absolutely no concept of being allowed to have an actually private and safe space, untill I went off to uni.

My entire family was like this.

I also learned to wear a headset like this.

Freak, the cup goes BEHIND the ear!!

With jumper cables?

So the second one for you?

It wasn’t childhood, but I had a relationship where I learned this. It would be a fight if I didn’t hear something they said, so I would always have one side of the headphones off so I could hear where they were and if they said anything….

It's about listening for your parents either to come home, come up the stairs or speaking to you.

With toddlers, it's the silence I most suspect!