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[quote=Anonymous]I know how difficult this is. My son is the youngest of the grandkids and has not spent any time alone at my parents' house, and probably won't, because for years I've heard my father tell the older grandkids "I'll kick your ass" and the like when they disrespect their mother. On one hand, she's a single mom and I think he wants to back her up and help strengthen her authority. On the other hand, I can't believe she lets this slide and I am absolutely not okay with it. I don't think he's ever actually spanked them, but he uses fear to make them behave. He used fear with us growing up too, spanking, yelling, nothing I would consider actually abusive, but we were compliant out of fear. I don't think it was good for any of us (none of us are incredibly confident as adults - we're good at standing up for ourselves "out in the world" but we're all a little crumbly on the inside) and I sure as hell won't be allowing it with my own kids. I think he knows better, but if he doesn't, he'll find out. I won't try to be diplomatic. It's not okay, the end.[/quote]

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