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Originally Posted by jammies
My parents didn't overly coddle me, but they didn't take fiendish delight in causing me emotional distress for their own petty enjoyment, either. I'm not sure where the disconnect in logic lies, other than in your own odd perspective.
The parents referred to in the original post sound like child abusers to me. They are abusing their position of trust to cause willful emotion pain to children in their care, which is reprehensible and unforgivable. What "lesson" are they teaching the kids, that you can't trust adults? How enlightening.
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This is exactly what "disconnect" I was having, why CP (and really, most online communities) are so quick to condem people/families based on one (very confusing) story. You seem to have taken the "the kids were in tears? ABUSE!" position, which I find interesting that such a distinction can be made with such little information.
Let's turn the table, what if the original story was posted by the parents
"Dear god my kids annoy me some days. I bought a fancy dessert for dinner tonight and told my son 'Don't eat this!' and to mess with him a bit I told him it was ful of bugs that would make him sick. Well flash forward a few hours later and not only have him and his sister eaten it, their over at the neighbours in tears trying to call an ambulance because fo the 'bugs' I told them about. God, now my neighbour is calling in CFS! The nerve!"
Two sides to each story, which none of us are privy to.
In all fairness I guess I just find the original story to be a non-issue based on the confusing nature of the original post. So I resorted to dissecting CP's reactions to it rather than the "is it abuse" question.