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Child Abuse Story From Mark

by Mark
(Amherst, Massachusetts, USA)

Whenever I did something wrong or if my mom got irritated at my behavior she would give me what she called "a good hard spanking." They were in fact ruthless beatings. She would place a chair in the middle of the living room, then grab her wooden spoon or hairbrush and drag me kicking and screaming towards the chair. I would then be stripped of my pants and underwear and lectured while she waved the spoon or brush at me. She would tell me things like:

"I am going to beat your bare bottom so hard you will not sit down for a week" (or until my bare bottom was black and blue).

"When I am through with you, you are going to wish you were never born."

I would then be put across her lap and she would begin to beat me. I can still remember the sting of the spoon, the sound it made against my bare skin and my body going rigid from the shock and pain of the first few spanks. Then I would struggle, scream and beg her to stop, but she would continue to beat me until I had exhausted myself and was just laying limp across her lap.

I remember living in fear of displeasing her and getting another beating. I would mostly try to play outside or hide in my room.

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Jun 26, 2008
A sinister, legal and "accepted" form of abuse...
by: Darlene Barriere - Webmaster

Mark, your mother's ritualistic and ceremonious method of administering so-called "discipline" point toward a far more sinister form of abuse, a form of abuse that society accepts and in many cases, applauds. If you haven't already, I suggest you read my article on this site titled Can childhood spankings be administered because of or lead to a spanking fetish? I believe your mother falls into the category I discuss in that article.

Darlene Barriere
Violence & Abuse Prevention Educator
Author: On My Own Terms, A Memoir

Jun 26, 2008
TOO FAR!
by: PAMELA

I Believe that you can spank a child without it leading to abuse...But mark what you said your mother did was abuse,she even took pleasure in disciplining you!you said that you would play outside or in your room as to not make her mad..Normal child who are,not in abusive homes DON'T HAVE TO HIDE FROM THEIR MOTHERS AND/OR FATHERS!WHEN I talk about spanking I,am taking about 1 maybe 2 swats on the butt with hands only,I,am against all form of spanking with objects..(ie.belts,brushes,spoons,etc.)and I,am also against spanking when a parent(s)are mad..your mother did not know when to quit.It is not normal to being lying across her legs limp after a spanking...please get help.god bless you..
don't let your mother off with the old excuse that,i did the best i could,and that is how we disciplined back then,no she did not do the best for you and/or by you..NO PARENT(s) REATHER REAL,STEP,FOSTER,OR ADOPTED WOULD MAKE YOU FEEL THAT AFRAID OF THEM THEY WOULD NOT GLOAT ABOUT BEATING YOU!

Aug 23, 2008
abuse
by: Anonymous

***Removed by Darlene Barriere - Webmaster***

Note to Anonymous: Please understand that this thread is not a place to debate the issue of spanking; it's a place to offer validation, support and encouragement to the person who wrote the story above: in this case, Mark. I thank you for your understanding.

Darlene Barriere
Violence & Abuse Prevention Educator
Author: On My Own Terms, A Memoir



Sep 08, 2008
What I do not remember
by: Mark

While I have vivid memories of the spankings that my mother gave me I only partially remember the times my dad punished me. I can remember being sent to my room and waiting for him to come home. I would lie on my bed curled up in a ball. When he got home he would come into my room and strip off my clothes and carry me downstairs or he would order me to get my bare bottom down here for a spanking. It scares me to think about how bad these beatings could have been that I do not remember what happened when we got downstairs. I also sometimes think that perhaps it is better that I do not remember the details, though it continues to be a scary and dark void in my past.

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