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To: ahayes

"I don't care how mad I ever was at my sisters, we never kicked holes in walls "



Because you (and I, as a kid) knew there'd be CONSEQUENCES. Some parents still don't want to hurt their kids' self-esteem.

My a$$ would've been thrashed, rightfully so, had I kicked in a wall during a sibling dispute.


21 posted on 04/13/2005 11:18:31 AM PDT by Blzbba ("Under every stone lurks a politician. " Aristophanes, 410 BC)
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To: Blzbba
Some parents still don't want to hurt their kids' self-esteem.

That's the part I never get.
I got my butt whipped quite severely and fairly regularly and if
anything, my self esteem benefitted from it. To let a kid run roughshod
over the parents is one of the worst disservices you can do to a child.

There were times when I absolutely hated my parents but I thank them both today.

137 posted on 04/13/2005 2:35:31 PM PDT by humblegunner (We ain't subject to terror, but it's unwise to irritate us.)
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