my mother never really physically abused me,(other abuse/neglect)but she would let her boyfriends punish me. i was not a bad child.she had sick boyfriends.i never got an apology,i got sent out of the room usually.it was military style punishment or so i heard.and there were belts.my brother got the main abuse.one time i was 4 or 5 and my brother had poked a hole through the plastic covering the windows during the winter,all 3 children got whipped with a belt because my brother would not admit to it.later my mother did speak up and say he should apologize to us 2 girls but he was adamant that it had been the right thing to do.she was with this boyfriend on and off for 9 years.from the abuse i experienced with the boyfriend brothers i believe the whole family was sadistic.i dont think anyone would ever get an apology from people like them. i also had an abuser tell me he did not remember anything that should upset me....