Literally my parents.
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It's weird. Because I do have lots and lots of issues that stem from my very broken childhood, but I also know that both my parents were basically flying blind and I was unfortunately the first one through the gate. My little brothers got a much better fathering experience from my dad and my little sister got a much better mothering experience from my mom.
Mostly emotional mistakes/abuse or whatever you want to call it. But they also both beat my physically on very rare occasions. I will admit that I probably deserved one or two of those beatings as I was a handful of a kid at times, but I still remember those times pretty clearly.
Thankfully my relationship with both my parents is much better these days. My depression and other things come and go. Kinda just take it day by day.
Cheers for all the bad parenting we got eh?
No child deserves to be beat.
I definitely deserved at least one of the smacks from my mother. But other than that yes I will agree that physical punishment or retaliation against kids should be avoided at all costs.
Thing is, I look at my neice and shudder to think someone would hit her. No matter how bad she can be, she doesn't deserve to be beat for it. It makes me upset to remember I was only 4 when I was hit across the face by my mom. I look at her and think, "God, how could someone hurt such a small girl?".