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LittleBlue

(10,362 posts) Sat Oct 12, 2013, 06:47 PM Oct 2013

My mom dragged me to the bathroom and washed out my mouth

with soap when I cursed. My sister was dragged by her hair to the same fate. Neither of my parent beat me, they used other methods of psychological punishment.

I wouldn't use it myself as it seems wrong. The court may have got it right, though. When I got out of hand, my parents would say the neighbors might call CPS. That scared the life out me, and I behaved. If my parents had been prosecuted for disciplining me for my outburst, it would have caused me a lot of guilt. Separating families can cause huge psychological trauma for children. I think the girl's opinion should be taken into account, discounting it was completely wrong.

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