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Originally Posted by Open Eyes
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.
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Oh I agree. I got hit a lot as a child too. So much that there were some people who actually stated that it was borderline abuse. It continued until just before I turned 17 when eventually I had enough and had to say something. Didn’t go over well but at least I got it to stop. The verbal abuse continued but I’d rather deal with that than physical abuse.
Nowadays, it would definitely be considered abuse. I'm glad things have changed. I totally believe in disciplining children but hitting is not the answer. Only exception would be is if a little child did something dangerous, like stick their finger in an electrical socket or run into the middle of the road while cars are coming and you give them a slap or two on the hand. But otherwise, I wouldn't do it.