Friday
Moderator
You’ll need to learn to use the right words, then.It’s f lame and I’m tired of the arguments and really want something done!
- Timeout is NOT being locked in a basement for a week, without food, water, a toilet, or heat in the winter.
- Spanking is NOT being beaten, whipped, or sexually molested.
- A goodnight kiss is NOT oral rape, or grooming for future sexual assault.
People talk about timeouts, spanking, goodnight kisses, etc. as normal parts of everyday life... because they ARE normal parts of everyday life. Applied fairly, rationally, with both good intent and results. Because they are NOT abuse & neglect. Not even in the same universe as abuse and neglect.
You can continue to get mad at the rest of the world talking about how their fair and reasoned discipline (timeouts, spanking, etc.) were beneficial to them & their lives... or you could learn to use the words the rest of the world understands to be very different -& not even in the same universe- as fair and reasoned discipline (Abuse, beaten, whipped, flogged, sexually molested, etc.).
I know goodnight kisses & timeouts weren’t on your list, I’m hoping that they provide a good example of common ways abusers disguise their abuse (by using innocent ways to describe vile & violent acts against their kids)... that are hopefully not as charged as the word “spanking”.