Was that given out through scouts or LDS church?
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I think we had to be at least the rank of First Class Scout and have gotten five Individual Awards along with perfect attendance to get the Duty To God award given through the church.
Of course it helped to have a father that beat his kids into submission with heavy guilt and also with a barn hose.
When my little brother got up at age 12 to do a two and a half minute talk he started out by saying “You’re all probably wondering how I got this black eye. I got it from my dad who is sitting right here on the stand behind me”.
My father was the first counselor in the Bishopric. When we got home poor little brother got the crap knocked out of him again. He ran away to cry at least ten times.
Lots of major abuse in Mormon families in those days. It doesn’t seem to be that way now, however I don’t know.
Cripes! I’m really sorry :-(
I am so sorry to hear that. Prayers up. I still see a lot of abuse in LDS families (everyone has to be ‘perfect’) but what I see is emotional abuse rather than physical.
I have also seen more sexual abuse than one would think.