Having a couple of deaths in the family during a young age can really affect a child. Whatever the child has seen in his/her early childhood life, will always stay with him/her for the rest of their lives. It has a lot of effect on the brain. If the child is brought up in a house where there is a lot of violence, the child will most definitely carry that some attitude to his/her life when they grow up. I was brought up in a family where I had to experience a lot of deaths in the family and of loved ones. Those deaths occurred during my childhood, so my brain will always remember that and put the scene right in front of my eyes.

I was five years old at the time I saw the first death. My oldest sister was killed in a...