YES, all the time, for stupid reasons
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FeminineRant — 6 years ago(July 25, 2019 12:40 AM)
YES, all the time, for stupid reasons
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Sometimes
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NEVER
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Rare slaps/belts
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If kids (Under 18) were hit, do you think it makes them better or worse? Are they less trusting? Are they more rebellious? Do you think one child turns out differently compared to their siblings, despite having the same punishment (sake of conversation).
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Lilith — 6 years ago(July 26, 2019 08:52 PM)
There is a difference between "getting hit," "getting a beating," and "getting a spank" (and even that varies, whether it's done over clothing, or on bare flesh, and just how hard and how many times).
In many southern states, they'll CASUALLY use the term "get a whoopin'" or "get a beatin'" but what they really mean is a "spanking."
Some of us have received actual "beatings." The kind that involve serious damage. The physical signs may eventually heal, but the psychological scars don't always go away. They do for many, but for some, they can last a lifetime.
No child should ever be struck. I don't have kids (and always knew I never wanted them), but in my opinion, other than a single swat on the butt over clothes IF the child is in danger of getting hurt and you need to get their swift and immediate attention, there's no reason to strike a child. Parents are there to protect, guide, and teach.
Discipline is vital. Structure is vital. Learning consequences is vital. But beating the snot out of your kids, the breeders who do that need a little taste of metal in the back of their throat. Like Nettie pointed out, I also have zero tolerance for that behaviour.
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Woodyanders — 6 years ago(July 25, 2019 12:38 PM)
My biological father broke my right arm and several ribs on my right side right after my younger brother was born. He came to the awful realization that I wasn't his son; my biological mom cheated on him behind his back with another man who knocked her up and she tried to pass me off as his son which worked until my brother was born. My biological mom called the police on him for what he did to me. They were deemed by the authorities unfit to be parents. My brother and myself were subsequently made wards of the state. We were both adopted by the same family. I live with this every day of my life because I have to. I'm alive and I just gotta live with it. And I do. Every last day of my life I live with it and that's that.
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Woodyanders — 6 years ago(July 25, 2019 12:58 PM)
My adoptive parents treated both me and my brother with real love and kindness. Sadly, my adoptive father died of cancer when I was just a little boy, so my younger brother, older sister, and myself were raised by my mother who's still alive.
I never had any contact with my original parents. My biological mother has since died and I have no idea about the identity of my biological father since he was some guy my biological mother had a fling with behind her husband's back.
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MovieManCin2 — 6 years ago(July 26, 2019 08:38 PM)
Wow. That is sad. Sorry you had to go through that. The only thing you can do now is to try not to think about it. BTW, you seem okay to me.
MAGA! FAFO!
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Woodyanders — 6 years ago(July 27, 2019 12:50 PM)
It wasn't an easy thing to go through, but I survived it. The good thing is now that I'm older, it's become more and more something that's in my distant past. So it's true that time can and does heal deep old wounds.
You've seen Guy Standeven in something because the man was in everything.
— 6 years ago(July 25, 2019 05:26 PM)