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Probably right, Chris. I can't much picture it being a cherished memory. It's at least too bad that I never had the chance to bring it up.

I wish my dad hadn't died before i was old enough to give him a counter that would have knocked him on his ass. I mean screw his bad day at work, it had nothing to do with me. i'm all for respecting your elders, but there comes a point... On the other hand, maybe I would still be regretting it?

They say are full of sh@t in a lot of cases, including mine. if you had read certain other posts, you wouldn't have needed to speculate.

It made me tough, ha!

"There are a lot of beautiful things in the world, you just have to hang in there and be tough". ~ Albert King, bluesman.

I think everyone was. Now I don't at all go for this bullshit of people wanting to take their stress out on others, especially parents on kids. More than a few people still don't seem to get that, however. Bad day at work, go for a jog or something.

Mom would use the, "Wait until I tell your father when he gets home", deal. Sometimes she would forget or felt compassion maybe, which was a great relief. He came home tired and irritable as a rule anyway. One time I was already in bed, but I had an inkling that she wasn't going to forget...

I recall my mother was taking my brother and i someplace in the car, the two of us were in the back seat fighting as usual. While she was driving along she suddenly shouted out, "I have had enough of you damn kids!", and she just started flailing her right arm into the back seat trying to hit...

Max, I think it is a somewhat complex issue. Bad behavior tends to replicate itself, as you suggest, but it also can teach. My father could get a bit physically abusive at times when he was work stressed. By the time I was eleven, I was already telling myself that if I ever had a family, I...

When you need it is cool. When you don't, frig that. I almost got hit by a train while on my bike, and dad saw it and gave me the strap. Imagine beating up a kid for doing that not on purpose, and that is already shaking. One of my first lessons in life not being fair.

Today your dad might be arrested for child endangerment.

That vid was spot on about playing outside all day and everyday after school until dark, or past it when you might hear your name shouted. Aside from the baseball kids, I seldom see younguns outside any more. I don't have a clue what they are doing.

Broken bones aren't common any more? My first was the collar bone when trying to stand on a football. :|: