A teenager opens up about childhood neglect, a toxic home, and sexual assault. Karamo responds with compassion, emphasizing that young people need support and understanding, not judgment. The conversation shows why emotional validation matters.
Talk to me.
The reason why I act this way is because it's like ever since I was little, my mother and my father was never around. It was always my grandmother. I was living in a toxic household. It was like this one day where I did end up getting raped, yes. And it was like, it was very hard for me 'cause nobody, nobody like understood me. Everybody thought that I was lying. I was not lying at all. So yeah.
Give me a hug. You just did that. I'm sorry. You do understand why they're concerned though?
Yeah, and I do understand, but like, can I get, like, can y'all understand me too? Like, yeah. Yeah.
You deserve that same understanding and that's what you're screaming out. Sometimes we forget that people just need support and not discipline at a young age and you need support. You're screaming out for support is what you're asking for right now. Yeah.
Yeah, I am.
Yeah, you are. And it's okay. You 14, it's okay. I'm 42 and sometimes I be screaming out for support. So it is okay.