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Since the topic came up, do you feel you were too harsh with your child as a child?
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<blockquote data-quote="nlj" data-source="post: 623426" data-attributes="member: 17650"><p>My son's father was harsh and his behaviour was unpredictable and scary at times. I was too soft as a way of trying to balance his unacceptable behaviour, but also too compliant with my first husband in an 'anything for a quiet life' sort of way. I should have left with the children when they were young, not waited until they were teenagers. My children also witnessed aggressive and violent behaviour by their father towards me. There's no way that I can say that had no affect on them. It was Mother's Day here yesterday. It was my son's birthday too. I had a really bad day. I couldn't get out of bed, just wept and wanted to shrink to an invisible speck and disappear into oblivion. I'm out of bed today, but my head's not in a good place. It's supposed to be therapeutic to think back over your life and things that have happened and the way things have turned out, but I wish I could just switch it all off sometimes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nlj, post: 623426, member: 17650"] My son's father was harsh and his behaviour was unpredictable and scary at times. I was too soft as a way of trying to balance his unacceptable behaviour, but also too compliant with my first husband in an 'anything for a quiet life' sort of way. I should have left with the children when they were young, not waited until they were teenagers. My children also witnessed aggressive and violent behaviour by their father towards me. There's no way that I can say that had no affect on them. It was Mother's Day here yesterday. It was my son's birthday too. I had a really bad day. I couldn't get out of bed, just wept and wanted to shrink to an invisible speck and disappear into oblivion. I'm out of bed today, but my head's not in a good place. It's supposed to be therapeutic to think back over your life and things that have happened and the way things have turned out, but I wish I could just switch it all off sometimes. [/QUOTE]
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