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[quote=Anonymous]I remember being spanked a couple of times as a child, by my father, over clothing. I didn't really mind, because my father was mild as milk and it didn't hurt.

What bothered me was that my mother would slap my face whenever she was very upset at me. It felt intrusive and disrespectful in a way that a pretend spanking did not, and it also felt very unfair, because I thought I was already a very obedient and passive child compared to my classmates. I did all my homework and had good grades, I played piano, I read books, mostly classics, all the time, did not watch TV, never went out to see friends, I dressed exactly the way she wanted, never smoked or drank, but occasionally mouthed off to my mother. This continued until I was 16, when I decided to give her a taste of her own medicine and slapped her right back. Wow, was she surprised. She never slapped me again.

I have never trusted my mother, OP. She clearly has untreated something going on, and she was neglected as a child and didn't have great parents herself. I have strived to be a better parent to my own kids, one of whom has autism and inattentive ADHD.[/quote]

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