“Taulang” (meaning “repeated”) is a reading of a figure that has been verbally abused since childhood, in what should be the safest space – home. It often happens in the relationship between parents and children, but awareness is often absent within such a relationship.

“Children must be fiercely educated. Otherwise, they will grow up brazen”. That is one of the principles imprinted in parenting among the Moluccas. Unfortunately, it could result in normalisation towards violence against children. Some parents even admit to calling their children stupid, lazy, or rude as a form of motivation, not hate speech. While actually, such negative and dismissive forms of speech can be recorded in the sub-conscience and in turn, contaminate the children’s growth to adulthood.