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October 31, 2008, 9:40 am PDT
I can't believe it?
Why do we even have to ask if this is abuse or not? Any attempt to break a "will" is not for a teaching purpose but rather for a controlling purpose. Love is given, not demanded, nor man-handled or even begged for. The father bemoans the fact that he is not getting a hug from his daughter and yet is quite pleased with his methods of getting one. His one comment and seemingly driven purpose is to get that hug and so it is more of a control issue for him than the actual hug. Hugging starts in the heart and works it way out in a physical way. So if the punishment is so extreme, what lies in his heart. Running from the hug already reveals what is in the daughter's heart and it is not love, it is fear. Ha - it is hard to hug a rattlesnake. Nor should any child be forced to do so - no matter what the circumstances.
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