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Understanding or stone thrower?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 283866" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Star</p><p> </p><p>I learned from other people, not my mother. </p><p> </p><p>I learned from TV. Sounds silly, but TV shows back then centered on the "perfect families". Moms/Dads, clean houses, plenty of food, decent clothing, parents who actually spoke to their kids instead of screaming at the top of their lungs or hitting.</p><p> </p><p>I learned from a few teachers. Bless their kind hearts.</p><p> </p><p>I learned from an aunt whom I will forever cherish.</p><p> </p><p>I learned from my grandma who saved my life.</p><p> </p><p>I actively sought the knowledge outside of my home enviornment. And I don't know how else to put that into words. As a kid I was like a sponge soaking up whatever I found that seem to be "normal" and "good" from a wide variety of sources. Even strangers on the street.</p><p> </p><p>I knew my homelife wasn't normal by at least age 8. I knew form hearing other kids talk of theirs at school and such. </p><p> </p><p>I dunno. I can't drum up any empathy. As an adult a person is not going to tell me they don't know beating a child is wrong. Unless they've lived their life in a barrel, they <strong>know</strong> it's wrong. Regardless of upbringing and abuse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 283866, member: 84"] Star I learned from other people, not my mother. I learned from TV. Sounds silly, but TV shows back then centered on the "perfect families". Moms/Dads, clean houses, plenty of food, decent clothing, parents who actually spoke to their kids instead of screaming at the top of their lungs or hitting. I learned from a few teachers. Bless their kind hearts. I learned from an aunt whom I will forever cherish. I learned from my grandma who saved my life. I actively sought the knowledge outside of my home enviornment. And I don't know how else to put that into words. As a kid I was like a sponge soaking up whatever I found that seem to be "normal" and "good" from a wide variety of sources. Even strangers on the street. I knew my homelife wasn't normal by at least age 8. I knew form hearing other kids talk of theirs at school and such. I dunno. I can't drum up any empathy. As an adult a person is not going to tell me they don't know beating a child is wrong. Unless they've lived their life in a barrel, they [B]know[/B] it's wrong. Regardless of upbringing and abuse. [/QUOTE]
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