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[quote=Anonymous]Both my parents are ordained ministers. The kinds of memories from my childhood and adolescense that haunt me:
- I often wet the bed at night, likely due to lots of moving around (they were itinerant ministers for a few years which meant we lived in a travel trailer and moved constantly), until 5 or 6 years old. Once at a church service when the pastor said now they would have laying on of hands/prayer, my mom said I should go up for prayer to end the bed wetting. At this young age of 6, even then I knew this was not the right approach. But I felt pressured so I just went up. When I told the lady, I distinctly remember her looking embarrassed. God I was so embarrassed. I'm so angry at my mom about that. As a mom myself now I can't imagine doing a similar thing. Address what is causing your child's issues, don't just expect to pray it all away...

At around 8 years old, at another church, the pastor's wife told me to come up to sing a song I'd written. I did NOT want to do this. I stayed sitting and said no. Everyone treated me like I was just shy, when I just did not want to do it. They said if my brothers come up too, that will help me... so we all 3 went up. I was so angry. I wonder if the congregation could tell how perturbed I was or if they just continued to think of me as such a cute, Christian little girl singing songs about Jesus. Again, I am so determined to NEVER put my children in situations like this.. I will respect their personal decisions.

Ugh there are too many examples like this. I still struggle with hearing anything about Jesus or Christianity without wanting to roll my eyes, except that my husband is Catholic and I can totally enjoy the low-key traditional mass/services of more inclusive Catholic and Episcopal churches.

Wish my parents could understand how much distress they've caused me and my brothers but instead they continue going around the world preaching, supported my so many like-believing people who just believe they are the best...[/quote]

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