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AUTHOR: maeharDATE: 01/25/03 11:37am
SUBJECT: Which of these things is more "abusive?"
I wrote the post regarding "forced BM for 5 year old", and I have a question. My husband was saying that there are many ways of "borderline abusing" a child (things that you can't get nailed on in a court but that are almost as bad some of the things people do get charged for.) He includes people who are ardent spankers.......who almost look for things to spank/paddle/switch their kids for everyday ...but not to the point that you can nail them with abuse, people who come home and get drunk/do drugs every night leaving kids to fend for themselves, people who put enormous pressure on their kids for straight A's when kids are incapable of them, parents who are just plain unreasonable/unpleasant people about all matter of things and just make a child's life unhappy all the time, people who constantly compare one child to another...........a sibling who shines in comparison to the belittled child.

What do you think? Do you think there are other things kids survive everyday that are just as bad as the forced BM thing? My husband thinks they're ALL BAD, though he thinks our granddaughter's situation is the worst of them, but maybe not that much worse when you really think of the effects of the others! Would be interested in what you think...........
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