I'd rather be poisoned. I saw a mother whip her little five year old daughter, with the leather lead, that she was using, to walk her dog. I kept on screaming, "Please don't beat your child, again!" I wish that I would have gone to get a cop. I was so scared for the little girl, that I didn't think about it, at the time. I did say something insensitive in the thread that has the link, and I apologize. It is never okay for a parent to beat their child, under any circumstance. I remember when I was little, before I started school, my dad used to spank me, for every little thing, that I did, wrong. He didn't feel that he could communicate with me, through words, because he thought that I was slow, and he even admitted it, 12 years later, when I was at a reassessment. I grew up hating him, and I still can't really bond with him, to this day, because of it. I can imagine that a whipping would have hurt, at least ten times as much, and believe me. The spankings that my dad gave me, at the ages 3 and 4, were very painful. It's sad that those are my only early childhood memories of my father, but life happens, and I've moved on. I know that it might be difficult for Princess to move on, right now. If you're reading this, I feel that you should make a safe escape plan. Get a part time job, and save up enough money, for six months of rent. Once you move out, you should try to start working, full time, so that you will be able to keep a safe distance. If that fails, Canada is a very nice place to live.
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The Family Enigma