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Originally Posted by TerryL
Patty, you were brought up in an unhappy environment..how could you have known how to overcome such a thing? your were just a youngster looking for nurturing which you never got. I hope you are giving yourself some credit for breaking the cycle by having raised a happy child.  |
Thank you, TerryL!....Actually, I DID break the cycle. I was physically abused...hit by my mother, almost daily, not even knowing why. I told this to a counselor and he accused me of doing the same to my daughter. I told him, "NO, I've never hit my daughter, never spanked her, but instead I've used reason to talk to her." During the next session, the counselor actually apologized to me.