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  • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works
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    17 hours ago

    Not just Americans, corporal punishment is still acceptable in mainland China. I remember a teacher used a meter ruler and slapped a kid on the palm of their hands (it was a light slap, but still unacceptable in my opinion), I remember being so scared of it, not sure if I ever got slapped, but if I did, it probably became a suppressed memory since I can’t recall it. Parents can beat their kids in public and cops probably wouldn’t really do anything since its family matters. Fucking “Filial Piety” bs and all. I didn’t get “beaten” but I did get hit when I was younger, and it only stopped because I got too old and I could fight back, and also because we immigrated to the US where it’s less tolerated. Skill scolded me every chance she got. My brother also yells at me. Its chaos. Happens at least once a week.

    I doubt my depression and anxiety issues will ever be solved.

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      16 hours ago

      My dad was occasionally beaten by his mom and dad in the 1950s and 60s, but his generation decided it was over with, and it also became illegal in the 90s. We’re in Denmark.

      Cultural change can and will happen, you’ll be the agent of that when you’re older 😘 I believe in you!

      I mean, I am not perfect, I also sometimes yell at my kids, but I also say sorry a lot, so… We’re only human.