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Spare the Rod
This article is ridiculous. I was spanked as a child and also spanked my children of whom are all grown now. I have never been violent with anyone or anything and my three kids are the same. None of them would hurt a fly and have all grown into very well rounded strong successful and loving adults with no mental problems. As a matter of fact, ...
Posted to Family by CINDY3575 on September 26, 2008
Sibling keeper -- Emotional "incest"?
There's a kind of inappropriate emotional closeness, it can be subtle sexualization, substitution of a child for a partner, or emotional intimacy inappropriate to a child.. Anyway, it seems that the woman writing about when she was ten and her mother confided her husband's affair to her and then expected her to simply ''forget'' it or ''get over ...
Posted to Dear Prudence by bobethomas on July 17, 2008