[WillowTheWhisp]

Originally Posted by LancYorkYankee

By far, far, far away, the emotional abuse was so much worse than any spanking, beating, spanking received. The negative words, statements cut downs, put downs, belittlings, haunt us all to this day. It's bizarre how much damage can be done to an innocent child.

That confirms what Margaret (I think) was saying earlier about child abuse. To have the comment from someone who was on the receiving end will hopefully help people to understand.

Originally Posted by Lilly

You'd think they'd never had any of their own.

Even if they haven't they still manage to forget that they were children once too and probably drove their own parents up the wall.