My pop beat me as a child...with a belt buckle and his hand - with hand print welts while visiting the Dr the very next day, the Dr asked "who did that" - I replied "Dad"....to which the Dr said I "deserved" it....I was 9..it was 1970
he stopped when I reached 15...turning to verbal and emotional abuse instead...it continues today, I'm 52
I can only pray for that kid
I agree.
My mother would hit me with whatever. Kitchen utensils, belt, hand, clothes hangers. She would throw me into doors, walls...whatever.
And then of course the worst of it was the verbal and emotional crap.
I am not saying that all parents who spank are abusers, but many parents who whip are abusive. My husband has the scars on his butt to prove it.
I am sick of FReepers on this board who are so dismissive of claims of child abuse. It happens a lot, and it is wrong.