Essay talk:Spare the rod

I've said it before, I'll say it again: you have a shitty family. But, the fact that you can recognize these things as problems, as unacceptable, rather than just a part of life, is what defines you as sane. You are not crazy, and you are not alone. 06:19, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep writing stuff like this and we're going to have to start the Adopt a Ty Foundation. Nebuchadnezzar (talk) 07:39, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * What about the Baton Rouge Airlift? Peter tanquam ex ungue leonem 07:44, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * What the fuck man. You're still a kid (to me) and this stuff was going on in the last 20 years? I'm lost for polite words. 07:54, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Ghastly.--Bob"What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence." 08:08, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Sweetie, you're so broken. Scarlet A.pngd hominem 11:09, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * By jove, that's absolutely horrific! Anybody who thinks that this exemplifies "model parenting" or even resembles not-so-model parenting is out of their fucking minds!!! The kind of shit your parents pulled and (I think) are still pulling is maddness. Plain and simple madness. I'm so sorry you ever had to put up with this horrific abuse. 14:38, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The similarities I see in this article to the stories of other people I know who have suffered abuse chill me. It's so easy to pin abuse down to 'oh, that's just one bad person, an individual case.' When it's not. It's really not. And sharing the experience like this is the only way to make that known. ±[[File:knightoftldrsig.png]]KnightOfTL;DR going galt: the literal crazy train 14:48, 2 April 2012 (UTC)