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bellatrys

--Or, alternately,

Dec 05, 2006 17:01

you can just insist that [another of] your children kiss your foot, to get some favor that they have asked for, just to "see" what they're willing to do to go see Indiana Jones 3/get paid their allowance/have their permission slip signed for the school field trip/whatever it was at this distance of a decade and change ( Read more... )

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fidelioscabinet December 6 2006, 19:57:35 UTC

Every time you talk about your parents, I end up feeling that you might have been better off being raised by wolves, inasmuch as they aren't nearly as into head games and guilt trips.

it's taken a lot of deprogramming, but I tend to agree bellatrys December 6 2006, 20:49:58 UTC

having it hammered into you every day (by people who were OBVIOUSLY feeling damn insecure and guilty that they had to protest so much) that you're SUCH a LUCKY child to have 2 LOVING PARENTS who aren't Divorced like everyone else's, and that they only hurt you because they Love you and want the Best for you, and think of all those poor starving children in India/poor little spoiled rich kids in big loveless houses/poor aborted babies who never had a chance to live, tends to be a bit of a mountain to throw off.

And yes, I did regardless spend an awful lot of time envying Mowgli...

Re: it's taken a lot of deprogramming, but I tend to agree fidelioscabinet December 6 2006, 22:35:17 UTC

You know, when it comes to "sometimes you have to cause your children pain for their own good", I can see how it applies to thing like vaccinations, dental work, and such. I can see how it applies to things like toilet-training, wearing clothes in public (hey, shoes are not fun when you have funny-shaped feet) and regular school attendance. I cannot see how it applies to this other shit.
And claiming to do it for Christ's sake is so fucked-up.

what about... bellatrys December 7 2006, 16:15:18 UTC

...keeping a three-year-old unfed for almost 24 hours because he wouldn't eat his dinner because this particular stew revolted him, and allowing him nothing until he finally ate the now-cold, congealed mess late the next afternoon?

I wouldn't at this point allow my parents - or any adults like them - to have had so much as a dog or cat, if I were running the world.