We never truly lose our childhood fears, even though they may not be so strong; there is still a small sense of panic when encountering them. Fears grow and change as we get older, instead of fearing the monsters under the bed. we learn to fear the real monsters of the world. Growing up, I was forced to live in my own personal house of horrors every other weekend. My father considered his children like pawns in chess, my sister and brothers were responsible for the house so he and his queen, my stepmother, could have fun every evening. Being the oldest I was held responsible, if breakfast, lunch or dinner wasn't served on time and if the house wasn't spotless, punishments and mind games would occur. He couldn't physically hurt me and my brother; instead he would force me and my brother to hurt our stepbrother as punishment. What was worse was the constant threat that it would take us and disappear. No matter how many times I called the police and my mother reported what was going on in that house, he left. They called me a liar and told me that my grandparents and mother were brainwashing me, so many times in my childhood I lost count. I learned about the monsters inside people at a young age and it haunts me every day. Stephen Gislason, in his article “Innate Tendencies”, argues that every human being is born with four innate tendencies; The tendency to criticize, blame and punish others is inevitable in human beings and is opposed to the tendency to cooperate and care for each other. The tendency to form exclusive groups and discriminate against others is also universal and is opposed to the tendency towards tolerance and peaceful coexistence. The tendency to covet the property of others, to lie, cheat and steal is also universal and is opposed to the tendency to respect the integrity of others, to cooperate and share. The tendency towards anger, hatred and murder is also universal and