It's nice to be able to have a sense of humor, but back when my brother and I experienced this crap, he would get home and get dragged in a shed and hit with a belt and told if he cried he would only get hit harder.

Like I mentioned, now that would all be considered child abuse.

I have a strong feeling that many in my generation began to pay attention to the affects of this kind of abuse and decided to ask important "whys". That helped when it came to addressing challenges in my daughter's generation.

Oh the memories can be very cruel and can last a lifetime for some.

What impresses me about my older brother is that he did not take drugs or use drugs or alcohol, he made it all on his own and paid for his own education and everything.