My parents made many mistakes. For example, my Dad hit me too hard and too often, and my Mum left me alone in the house for long periods of time. While it was certainly wrong for my Father to hit me, he did it because at the time, he thought that was the most effective way to correct my behaviour. It was also wrong for my Mother to leave me alone for hours on end, but before she left the house, she had usually sentenced me to time in my bedroom for one misdemeanour or another. I think she might also have been a fan of the “cry it out” technique. But whatever her reasons, she shouldn’t have just locked me up and left me.
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