question about "saving" children

[Vibecrewangel]

Finally got through the whole thread......

First, the "normal" statement was mine, not yours Doopa. I just felt funny saying normal abuse. But considering what I went through. Being smacked around would have been normal.

The answer is yes you should intervene. Simply because no one deserves to be abused. Especially children.

IG mentioned that it is possible for a child to grow up normal, but it is not probable. I believe this to be true. I know people who never got over the one spanking they got while others wear their scars like a badge of honor. Everyone is different. You can't possibly guess how someone will turn out once they have been abused.

If it hadn't been for my nana. I think that all three of us girls would have been better off in foster care.


I should probably mention, out of some respect for my mother that no one turned her in to social services. She had herself declared unfit. Much like her drinking, she knew there was a problem, she just couldn't fix it.