Some Adults Hit Children, and It’s NOT Okay
7 min readMay 5, 2021
I’ve got a confession. When I was a mere kid, like four or five years old — I was constantly slapped across the face and verbally abused by a relative. And for more than two decades, the traumatic episodes remain vivid in my mind.
The physical abuse went on for years — over ridiculous reasons (I’ll list some examples in a bit). And my parents did nothing about it. Being a father now, it…