Spanking Child With Wooden Spoon Not Child Abuse, Says State Court

[Jamastiene]

70. Did your mom know or did she not know about your skin condition?

She would not have "accidentally harm(ed) you" if she had not been hitting you in the first place. If she knew about your skin condition and still switched you, that's even worse. I'm sure in her eyes she did not mean to harm you, but people who believe in spanking/switching usually grew up with it when they were kids and pass it on down to their kids, thinking it is the right thing to do.

A better idea would have been to ask you why you did not want to go to school and when she found out the answer, that you were being bullied, she could have talked to the school admins about stopping the bullying. If they still would not stop the bullying, then she could have gone to a local news channel. They love to highlight that sort of thing and it usually gets some results when all else fails.

I'm sorry about your skin condition. I get welts when I get overheated, which seems to be almost all the time nowadays, because we don't have any decent fall or winter where I live. It's always too hot, it seems. I also blister very badly when in direct sunlight. I'm not a redhead, but I had really dark black hair in my younger years with red highlights, naturally. Now, I'm mostly gray headed, but I still blister and welt if I get in direct sunlight or am outside on even slightly warm days.