He would "jam" our bedroom door with newspaper at night so it would be extremely tough, almost impossible for me and my younger siblings to open, so he could be naked, drink, and view porn. without us disturbing him. Though it was to the point of where they ended up vomiting/urinating in the bedroom because they couldn't get the door open. During the day, doing those sorts of things while he thought we were in another room watching tv/reading/playing/playing outside for me to find that fully happening. Storing those in my little brother's closet or on our desk. Trying to "help" my siblings get changed or "accidentally" entering even though they were old enough and capable of changing. "Inspecting" a gun (holding it out as if aiming) in a small room a few feet from me and my sister. Though he said it wasn't loaded, they were scared and asked him to put it away and he wouldn't. He also decided to play "jail" with us which involved dragging us about half the length of a long backyard with rough grass though we asked not to. His wandering hands. Comments about my weight and my sister's weight, though I'm average/small and she is under-weight. How I've gained weight or my sister "developing nice breast". My sister had surgery and wouldn't eat afterwards, so she lost a lot of weight; my dad commented about how she's looking good now that she lost weight (she was skinny before surgery, she's underweight after it) and that I needed to make sure to buy her plenty of nice clothes that fit her new body.
Well, that's a good portion of it. I've been told by other people that grown men/dads shouldn't be walking around/doing those things with children present and making those types of comments. At the same time when we tried to contact Children's services, they said as long as we weren't being forced to watch, it wasn't abuse and it's okay for him to do that type of stuff but without jamming the door, but we (kids) should have a horn or a bell to ring when we come upstairs/inside/out of a room to warn him. They reminded him to keep those things put up and that we shouldn't be sneaky looking (though we weren't). So, according to DHS, what he did, doesn't meet a definition, but according to others (other family, myself, a pastor, a t) those are wrong things a dad shouldn't be doing.
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