Yes, somethings that are abuse are also legal, sadly.

I really don’t know.

Hold on a sec - spanking/hitting is not illegal in any state.

So? Are you saying it’s only abuse if it’s illegal? Is the law always correct? I never said a thing about the law.

And FYI - it is illegal in Deleware.

Hitting a child with a belt IS abuse. If you don’t see that, you are part of the problem.

Some things are black and white and trying to make excuses for abuse is what what hurts us. Your views are damaging to society and only help abusers.

Then maybe you should not have tried to berate someone else for being factual with the information you provided about them.

I wouldn’t say “ok” is the same as “best ever”.

OK = acceptable. If it’s not OK it’s not acceptable and is abuse. OK is the middle between good and abuse.

Hitting a child is not automatically abusive. From a legal perspective or from an emotional perspective.

It’s not boredom, it’s cognitive dissonance.

How many times do I have to tell you the same thing? You say it everytime you refuse to accept that what your parents did was abuse.

Sure, you can go on being a hypocrite if you want.

Just don’t be surprised by all the people who rightly continue to point out that you ARE IN FACT saying it’s ok to hit children.

Hitting a child with a belt IS abuse. Full stop. No exceptions.

You don’t seem to be able to come to grips with the fact that they are not.

once again, for the people with poor reading comprehension, I never said it was ok for my parents to hit me,

The only thing I’m hell bent on is being truthful and opposing damaging ideas to society.

Hitting a child with an object is abuse. Even when your parents do it. That’s why you have to report it, and if you can’t understand that basic fact, you really should not be in the position you are in. You go through the motions…

What does race have to do with any of this? Do different races have different rules and standards of behavior?

The bottom line id you can’t have your cake and eat it too. You can’t try and claim you are “not saying hitting children is ok” while excusing your parents behavior.

First off, I think it’s ridiculous of you to get all upset at someone for being factual about your parents. I got into it because of that. Although I do care about being being honest and truthful even with themselves, I care more about you going off on someone for being factual and correct because you can’t handle…

Uh, I never said it was ok for my parents to hit me, it was misguided and based on their upbringing.

My ‘sensitive’ reaction diminishes it as something like im being irrational.

can you cut and paste where I said hitting kids was ok? like verbatim?

She literally said herself she didn’t know if it was despite or because of.