iam 16 years old now and it my seem that my oppinion does not seem as important as an adult but i belive thatbeatings are unfair and it should be illegal, i was nearly never spanked by my mother, and when i was put into foster care and then transfered to my grandmother because she wanted custody, even when iwas in fostercare i was still a happy child and i enjoyed being a kid, any way she would spank us fo stupid things for example someone stole her portable DVD player and she blamed us, we told her that we didnt do it and she spanked us with TWO leather belts held together, and thats notthe best part she sent us to look for it, we searched high and low and each ten minutes she would beat us if we didnt find it,and in total shebeat us three times each and when she was going to beat us again my brother brought up maybe someone who had a key took it ( shegave house keys to a number of people whic i think was a stupid idea) so she though about it and she called a friend so they could go to church and she told us to make the house spotless or we will receive another beating about two years after this incident she told us she might know who actualy did it ( but she wont tell us but i have an idea who did it) and that se was sorry- needles to say i did not forgive and even now i still do not, i was about 12 at the time andi still do not forgive her, now we get not as harsh spankings, i get threats of beatings when i do not clean the house right or if i acidentaly burn dinner or if i do notcook it to her liking) i will accasonaly recive a slap on the mouth if i speak, "slick" to her, my dad never beat me so far and i can say i respect him and for th note he has beaten my brother and sister if they did something bad (extreamly) at this point there is a semi perminate frown on my face and there are days when the sound of her voice irratates me, at the age of 16 i am not having that much fun, she should be happy at this age i am NOT
1. pregnant
2. failing classes ( actually i have a's and b's)
3. cursing
4. Sneaking out
5. doing drugs
at this point i cannot wait to move out and these years make me know i do not want any kids whatsoever
i already have to clean the house make dinner watch after my brothers and sisters who refuse to listen to me, in my adult life i want to think about only me and i dont care if it sounds selfish im tired of it, living with my dad would be so much better but she refuses to give us up
anyway i even if i have a child i refuse to hit him or her because i do not want them to feel the hatred i do