Childhood was different for Yaves Ellis. His parents couldn’t use the television’s parental controls to keep him from seeing violence and drugs - that was his life - that was his reality. Growing up in inner-city Columbus Ellis saw negativity on every corner. “It was common for me to see drugs and dysfunctional families; it wasn’t until I turned on the T.V. that I found that not all families worked in this way.” At first things seemed normal, but as he got older Ellis and his younger sisters knew things had changed.