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To: Reno89519
I suffered an abusive, alcoholic grandmother and mother, and my dad abandoned me at the age of three. Don't you DARE try and lecture me about abuse!!!

This story's example was not abuse. You are 100% out of synch with reality here. I would have gladly traded my REAL abuse for being forced to run to school in the mornings. GLADLY.

24 posted on 03/06/2018 9:37:21 AM PST by Lazamataz (What America needs is more Hogg control.)
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To: Lazamataz
This story's example was not abuse. You are 100% out of synch with reality here. I would have gladly traded my REAL abuse for being forced to run to school in the mornings. GLADLY.

This would not even have been considered a punishment when I grew up. It would be very amusing if there were not people here who actually take this seriously. I don't know how old you are, but when I was a kid they did not provide bus service for kids that had to walk only a mile or less to school. My wife walked over a mile to and from school every day from the time she was in kindergarten.

I lived over three miles from my school so we had bus service provided, but when I became a teenager I got seriously into bicycle racing and eventually became state champion. I didn't want to leave my expensive bicycle locked up at school, so I ran too and from school for over three years. The bus made so many stops that I always beat my sisters to school and home if I left at the same time. When I got home I typically rode my bicycle 20 or 30 miles even in winter unless it was snowy out then I rode for an hour or two on my “rollers”. I wish that I had that kind of energy these days. And yes I definitely had an undiagnosed issue with "ADHD".

37 posted on 03/06/2018 10:05:22 AM PST by fireman15
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To: Lazamataz
Shame on your dad for not taking him with you when you left the abuse and drunk mother and daughter.

Look, my point is that this guy is being abusive, not disciplining. This is a 10 year old. You don't ignore his behavior, nor fallback on ADHD as an excuse. There is discipline and there is discipline.

39 posted on 03/06/2018 10:11:58 AM PST by Reno89519 (Americans Are Dreamers, Too! No to Amnesty, Yes to Catch-and-Deport, and Yes to E-Verify.)
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