I honestly would have loved some kind of reasoning or explanation or even a platitude. Alright maybe not ‘loved’ but having a mentally ill parent I never knew what I actually did wrong to deserve being thrown to the ground and kicked and called stupid.
Do both at the same time by getting your kids to go pick the switch (young, thin tree branch that’s still bendy) that they’re going to be whipped with!
My mom would threaten to have my sibling pick the switch. Never actually did, but the threat was there. She told us that her parents would actually do it, implying we should be grateful she was a gentler parent.
Some of us were lucky enough to get both kinds!
It hurts me more than it hurts you!
I am doing this for your own good!
I honestly would have loved some kind of reasoning or explanation or even a platitude. Alright maybe not ‘loved’ but having a mentally ill parent I never knew what I actually did wrong to deserve being thrown to the ground and kicked and called stupid.
There is abuse due to poor upbringing of the parent.
And then there is torture.
deleted by creator
Do both at the same time by getting your kids to go pick the switch (young, thin tree branch that’s still bendy) that they’re going to be whipped with!
-a huge portion of southern parents
I remember this! My sister’s legs were bleeding.
Had a weeping willow tree in the front yard. Been there done that!
My mom would threaten to have my sibling pick the switch. Never actually did, but the threat was there. She told us that her parents would actually do it, implying we should be grateful she was a gentler parent.