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OGtruthhurts on tough love & parenting

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CFordUNC said:
With all due respect to both my mom and my late father, my goal is to parent pretty much the exact opposite way as them. I've got a 2 year old son and another one on the way at the end of this month so I think about this stuff often. I got my ass kicked growing up. I got beaten with a belt. I got household objects thrown at me. I got screamed at, yelled at, smacked in the head and face. Got my mouth washed out with literal soap. That cycle ends with me. I don't believe that hitting children, or yelling at them, or ranting and raving at them, or throwing things at them does anything other than yield a higher likelihood of breeding future violent, angry, insecure, hot-tempered, quick-triggered adults.
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I don't mean to be a Debbie Downer, but what you aspire to in raising your children is pretty much how I was raised. So despite your best efforts, your child could still turn out to be a sad sack like me.
 
05C40 said:
I don't mean to be a Debbie Downer, but what you aspire to in raising your children is pretty much how I was raised. So despite your best efforts, your child could still turn out to be a sad sack like me.
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You're pretty successful.

While our childhood plays a role, we can still do pretty well. Look at me, I had a pretty screwed up story until around 27, but I've done so much better in the 30 years since.

Though I do still have so many unanswered questions. Most of which I'm trying to accept will never be answered.
 
finesse said:
Never met NOG. Met ManhattanHeel at a party I went to to meet Jumpy, Chris, SHC and a couple of others. Met DC , El P and Heelswinagain several times. Chris has been to my house along with UNCMonkey. Monks and I keep in fairly good touch and generally get together when she comes to this side of the ocean
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A bit late to this thread obviously, but Jumpy and Chris are two of my best friends. Jumpy was at my house with his kids just a couple weeks ago. I hung out with SHC a few times back in the day as well.
 
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