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To: greenspirit who wrote (20548)	4/16/1998 9:01:00 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

"Mr. Spock" is from Star Trek. He really has nothing to do with parenting issues as far as I know. Dr. Spock is the guy you want to go after. I was beaten and I wanted to kill my mother for it. I still hate her for it. It made me vengeful and angry for a long time, and caused me to be sneaky- because I was very afraid of her. I wouldn't tell her the truth even when the truth wouldn't get me in trouble. Lying became my natural state- a protective mechanism. I am not the only person I know who was beaten and still hates the parent who did it. The feeling of fear- just to hear her stomping around the house, wondering what she was going to beat me with, etc. etc Oh yeah, I am sure some people beat their children responsibly, but most do it out of anger- and that kind of anger can get out of control and do real physical damage. I had my shoulder dislocated, my fingers slammed in a car door and broken- I sure wish someone had intervened.

To: greenspirit who wrote (20548)	4/16/1998 9:07:00 PM
From: Janice Shell	Respond to of 108807

Teenagers have been taken to barnsheds and spanked with a belt for centuries. Maybe that's part of the reason why teenage boys are more violent, and more troublesome for society, than teenage girls, who don't generally suffer corporal punishment after puberty.

To: greenspirit who wrote (20548)	4/17/1998 12:47:00 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

My mother used to hit me on the thighs with a hairbrush, Michael. I was three, and still remember it, screaming and feeling helpless. Just thinking about it makes me very sad and angry. I waited until I was eighteen and could leave, and never went back. I have absolutely no relationship with her now, none. It took me years of therapy to get over being depressed and angry and self-destructive, and to be healthy enough to have a child and really be able to love her and give her what she needed from me. That is a very sad way for a child to grow up, and a family to be, isn't it?