[Aurorales]

I agree.
My mother would hit me with whatever. Kitchen utensils, belt, hand, clothes hangers. She would throw me into doors, walls...whatever.
And then of course the worst of it was the verbal and emotional crap.

I am not saying that all parents who spank are abusers, but many parents who whip are abusive. My husband has the scars on his butt to prove it.

I am sick of FReepers on this board who are so dismissive of claims of child abuse. It happens a lot, and it is wrong.

[Labyrinthos]

I was in the same situation. “Mommy Dearest” at her worst beat me with coat hangers, leather strap, rattan cane, willow switch, dog leash — anything she could get her hands on — and when she was done beating me, the verbal and emotional abuse continued for hours and sometimes days. Although the scars on my backside faded years ago, the emotional scars will haunt me forever.