“I wasn’t to do anything I don’t want because that’s abuse”
Tell the teacher you don’t want to go to school.
“torn and stained their clothes as they liked”
Kids should not be wearing expensive clothes during “play time”
I used to get irritated when older folks would look down on kids who ran around and made noise.
Let kids be kids. They will grow up soon enough.
To this uppity Russian woman, keep your “kids should be seen and not heard” attitude and take it back to Russia.