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JoeyT

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4. There's always the "Yeah, but that's abuse not spanking!" dodge, too.

Reply to elehhhhna (Original post)

Wed Sep 17, 2014, 06:11 PM

Sep 2014

Of course one of the reasons it's so hard to stop kids being abused is because so many people are so quick to defend hitting kids in the first place.

I'm sort of curious if there's anyone that was abused that weren't told that it was their parent's right to discipline them however they saw fit. I certainly heard it, and everyone I know that's acknowledged they were physically abused as a child heard it when they tried to get help. Help that never came for anyone I know because a parent should be allowed to discipline their child however they see fit.

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My parents hit me, and I turned out to be ... [View all] elehhhhna Sep 2014 OP

Seen some scary posts on DU cwydro Sep 2014 #1

My Mother Spanked Me Once Dirty Socialist Sep 2014 #2

we swatted the gals on their pampers on the rare occasions when they, like, ran out into traffic elehhhhna Sep 2014 #3

There's always the "Yeah, but that's abuse not spanking!" dodge, too. JoeyT Sep 2014 #4