You've talked to a lot of children caught in this web.

Like a child caught with her hand in the cookie jar.

I felt like a child caught with her hand in the candy jar.

Kyle looked at the ground, almost like a child caught with his hand on the cookies.

She smiled back, like a small child caught in a forbidden act.

She gave him such a look as a mother might give a child caught in a substandard lie.

Winter felt her cheeks grow hot, like a child caught in a lie.

By doing so, she'd helped future children caught in the system.

I felt like a child caught in some reckless act.

He smiled back like a child caught in a lie.