Because I have discovered that a lot of fathers did hit. I was not alone among peers as much as I thought.
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Yes. He and my mom did hit us.
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After much reflection about this topic i came to MY conclusion that even tho it was bad mentally for me at the time ( and degraded my relationship with my father ) looking at it now i learned some really good “morals” dunno what to call it from the beatings. Sad, nonaless 
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My mom’s boyfriends did. Her and me. And worse things.
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Yes, my father used to hit me
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I’ve received a few frustrated spanks. My father slapped me once, but my mother made it clear she would leave and take all the children with her if it happened again.
Ironically, she was the most frequent spanker of the two.
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Both mom and dad hit.
My deadbeat dad used to spank me when I was a kid, a**hole.
Both hit me… when I was younger.
No ive never even been spanked or anything… well i was good i was the favorite but hes not violent anyway. Even if he was angry at my mom or sister or both he was very kind to me.
Dad used his belt on my arse a few times. Always with good reason I think (once when I threw stones and broke our neighbor’s window, once when I kicked mom in front of other children and parents, once when I damaged dad’s wristwatch). I don’t hold it against him.
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My dad hit me on occasion, however it was mostly verbal abuse.
My dad never hit me, he’s one of the sweetest calmest guys I ever knew. But my mom hit me several times with a fly swatter or wooden spoon or her hand, and once with a belt.
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I got spankings until I was about 12. later when there was turmoil in dad and mom’s marriage he would try to make me fight him by hitting me. I never fought my dad, I knew better…
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My dad never did. My mother and him divorced when I was around 2. I lived with him when I was in the 3rd grade, because my mom had an operation. But he never hit me. Don’t think he scolded me, either.
My mom says if he had she would have killed him but she let so much other stuff pass, I honestly think she wouldn’t have done anything if he had…
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Not much.just couple of times.i was shy and good child.
My parents never hit us, they thought that was “abuse” but they physically and emotionally neglect us, that was ok in there book because no one could see that kind of abuse
Same, I was punished for doing bad or dangerous stuff.
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Only when we did something wrong. If me and my sisters did something particularly bad, my dad would put us over his knee and give us 3 or 4 good licks with his belt. We never did anything really bad but if I made my sister cry I would get hit or the time I got caught shoplifting. It hurt but it wasn’t traumatic or anything. It was no big deal.
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