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05-12-2009, 01:31 PM

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Pie

Gone and done

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Originally Posted by DanaC

If I, with a dad who'd never hit me or even ground me for more than a week (and then end up relenting on day 3) was terrified of 'being in trouble', wtf does a kid who knows their dad is going to belt them, or ground them for a month, or make their life hell for weeks, do?

You get used to it. (The latter two, just to clarify.)
Twenty years later, they sadly wonder why you don't trust them.

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