Myrriah Gossett

Can you tell us a little bit about what your day to day life is like, like, tell us a bit more about your lived experience, not just what we're finding on the internet or in videos and like, these sort of easily, I don't know, uh, suede materials that are from a white perspective, especially. Like Nicole said, there's the red flags that come up and then there's the alarms that come up.

And so we tried to just say like, hey, here's the pattern of all of the red flags, which then sent up this alarm, which then was like, hey, Chad, you're a person who has this lived experience. You're also a person who does consulting for families that are in transracial adoptions and you actively talk about how to make these homes best for these children.

And so we tried to just say like, hey, here's the pattern of all of the red flags, which then sent up this alarm, which then was like, hey, Chad, you're a person who has this lived experience. You're also a person who does consulting for families that are in transracial adoptions and you actively talk about how to make these homes best for these children.

And so we tried to just say like, hey, here's the pattern of all of the red flags, which then sent up this alarm, which then was like, hey, Chad, you're a person who has this lived experience. You're also a person who does consulting for families that are in transracial adoptions and you actively talk about how to make these homes best for these children.

And so much of what he talked about was you have to raise a child to be prepared for their life as they are, not as how you think they're going to be. And so he made beautiful points about Like you have to actually prepare your child to be a black child living in America. And that does not always look the way that a white parent thinks it's going to look.

And so much of what he talked about was you have to raise a child to be prepared for their life as they are, not as how you think they're going to be. And so he made beautiful points about Like you have to actually prepare your child to be a black child living in America. And that does not always look the way that a white parent thinks it's going to look.

And so much of what he talked about was you have to raise a child to be prepared for their life as they are, not as how you think they're going to be. And so he made beautiful points about Like you have to actually prepare your child to be a black child living in America. And that does not always look the way that a white parent thinks it's going to look.

And so how do you build the community around your child to make sure that they're fully prepared for that? And based on the lack of community we really saw around these kids, we were very concerned. And that was a big part of the abuse flags that went up for us as we were investigating.

And so how do you build the community around your child to make sure that they're fully prepared for that? And based on the lack of community we really saw around these kids, we were very concerned. And that was a big part of the abuse flags that went up for us as we were investigating.

And so how do you build the community around your child to make sure that they're fully prepared for that? And based on the lack of community we really saw around these kids, we were very concerned. And that was a big part of the abuse flags that went up for us as we were investigating.

Yeah. And I, and I want to say too, like we, we talked a lot about sharing those pieces of M's journals because we did, you know, we, Sophie is under a microscope because of the case and the police investigations. And so we tried to be mindful of only sharing the things that we felt illustrated what we thought M might be going through within all of this. And to say that the

Yeah. And I, and I want to say too, like we, we talked a lot about sharing those pieces of M's journals because we did, you know, we, Sophie is under a microscope because of the case and the police investigations. And so we tried to be mindful of only sharing the things that we felt illustrated what we thought M might be going through within all of this. And to say that the

Yeah. And I, and I want to say too, like we, we talked a lot about sharing those pieces of M's journals because we did, you know, we, Sophie is under a microscope because of the case and the police investigations. And so we tried to be mindful of only sharing the things that we felt illustrated what we thought M might be going through within all of this. And to say that the

way this abuse can impact everyone around it is not just for the, you know, quote unquote primary victim. And that we hope that it was done with enough. It's something I still think about a lot.

way this abuse can impact everyone around it is not just for the, you know, quote unquote primary victim. And that we hope that it was done with enough. It's something I still think about a lot.

way this abuse can impact everyone around it is not just for the, you know, quote unquote primary victim. And that we hope that it was done with enough. It's something I still think about a lot.

So I hope we did it to the point where everyone was able to understand that the reason we shared the pieces that we shared and not in like direct quotes was because we wanted to represent M in a way that felt like she was not forgotten in the investigation of all of this.

So I hope we did it to the point where everyone was able to understand that the reason we shared the pieces that we shared and not in like direct quotes was because we wanted to represent M in a way that felt like she was not forgotten in the investigation of all of this.

So I hope we did it to the point where everyone was able to understand that the reason we shared the pieces that we shared and not in like direct quotes was because we wanted to represent M in a way that felt like she was not forgotten in the investigation of all of this.

Um, and also so appreciative of people who shared like the real stories of these kids and like how they are in their day to day life beyond like what's going on in their household that is out of their control.