As a kid, I wore a cloak of profound and complete ignorance. Parents spanked our butts and deciplined us when we needed it. I believed in the "Golden Rule", Do onto others as you would have them do onto you. In other words, treated people in the same way you want to be treated. That's what we were taught. It was a lie. I didn't know that until much, much later in my life.
I didn't know that child abuse, sexual assault or domestic violence even existed.
In retrospect, however, I remember a friend, Becky, that lived at the end of the block had a strange father. Strange because he stared was not very nice to me or Becky. It was a gut feeling I had so I stayed away when he was home. I remember Becky telling me about her father whipping her. She showed me her bruises. I told my mother about it. To this day I never knew what happened, but it wasn't long after that that they moved. People just didn't talk about stuff like that, ever!
In retrospect, however, I remember a friend, Becky, that lived at the end of the block had a strange father. Strange because he stared was not very nice to me or Becky. It was a gut feeling I had so I stayed away when he was home. I remember Becky telling me about her father whipping her. She showed me her bruises. I told my mother about it. To this day I never knew what happened, but it wasn't long after that that they moved. People just didn't talk about stuff like that, ever!
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