Reina29

It sounds like we both have some similar things in common. My parents too only used physical punishment as well. My dad was an alcoholic and he and my mom divorced when I was very young like five years old. I guess since my parents yelled at me as I was growing up, I too do it to my daughter because I don't know any other way to discipline her. Sometimes she obeys me but most of the time, she doesn't. I really hate it when my mom jumps in when I'm trying to tell her right. It's as if I'm not allowed to discipline my own child. Everything I tell her, my mom butts in with a comment like, "Leave her alone, she's not doing anything." "Let her play in the water, I don't care." etc. But the comment she uses the most is, "You were the same way when you were that age."
As if that's gonna help me. She even admits we got our asses whipped as kids, but however, she refused to spank her grandchildren and says they can do what they want. That just makes me feel worse about myself. Sometimes I feel my family cares more about my daughter than they do about me. Do you ever feel that way?