No. I was a child, and I was abducted from my home and raised to believe I was an unwanted orphan they'd saved from the streets.

[so it wasn't really a collective of sharing and empathy for her, in this case. but she's really not trying to say it's the same. there are also plenty of groups who take needy people in whose intentions aren't so awful.]

But they nonetheless made certain I feared the outside world more than the solace they offered.