324). A restavec is forced to develop an "adult complex", completing tasks that would normally be performed by an adult, and other lasting psychological and physical effects on a restavec are severe, but perhaps the most severe is the loss of one's childhood. Extreme poverty in Haiti creates an opportunity for child slavery. Thousands of Haitian children suffer mental and physical abuse every day because the world continually ignores the issue of restavecs in Haiti. Until the world can commit to recognizing the problem of child slavery in Haiti, the restavec epidemic will continue and thousands of children