The stolen generation is the number of Aboriginal and half caste generations that the Government ''stole'' from their families thinking it was protecting them. The children were put into church missions, and badly mistreated. They were made to sleep in cramped beds, to speak English and completely removed from Aboriginal culture. The exact number of children removed is unknown, but some say between 20,000 to 25,000 or one in three. It is unbelievable that the government and "protector" could think that stealing the kids was helping them.