𝖄𝕺𝖀𝕬𝕽𝕰𝕬𝕲𝕳𝕺𝕾𝕿

  It sounded like a story straight out of the dark imagination of the Brothers Grimm. Children abandoned in the forest by their parents during a famine in Germany. In real life, there was no forest and no famine in the United States. There was a daycare center, and parents who had to work to support their families and give their children the best life possible. In the fairy tale, the children find a gingerbread house in the middle of nowhere. In real life, that house was a playroom full of toys and brightly painted walls. According to the story, a witch lived there disguised as a kind old woman. She lured the children in, fattened them up, and ate them (curiously, there have been real cases of cannibalism in Germany). In reality, they were middle aged women whose job was to look after children while their mothers worked. Nothing more. At some point, the line between the fairy tale and reality was completely erased. And that confusion cost innocent people their freedom. It is true t...