Abuse And Foster Homes
Marilyn Monroe’s troubled childhood was marked by abuse and instability. Her earliest memory of her mother, Gladys Pearl Baker, was a harrowing attempt to smother her with a pillow. Marilyn’s mother had schizophrenia, and as a lonely child neglected by her, Marilyn carried the emotional scars of her mother’s mental illness.
She was placed in foster care while her mother spent time in psychiatric hospitals for much of Marilyn’s life. The looming fear that her mother’s madness might be hereditary haunted Marilyn, revealing the deep-seated emotional turmoil that she carried throughout her life.
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