> The physical abuse included acute trauma from repeated impacts via punches and full strength kicks to my head. Saw stars every time I was hit, like those old Batman comics.

Laws usually protect adults from such treatment. How come the courtesy not extended to, uh, not-yet-adults especially given the high stakes? One of the loudest political cries in the west(especially, America) is "thinka-da-chillins". Is that an empty virtue signal? I mean people in the US act like a stray nlpple on prime-time TV will scar half the population for life, yet this is something that'll buff out? Neurotypicals are a mystery sometimes :)