r/AITAH • u/HopefullyIntentional • 4d ago

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u/Ditovontease 4d ago

NTA. Kids need to learn. You warned him that his actions have consequences. One day he's going to hit someone that isn't his family and they're not going to be nice about it. I don't believe in spanking as punishment but you were literally defending yourself.

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u/OkExternal7904 4d ago

You do realize that at least half of all Baby Boomers were 'spanked', right? If you call a belt or my dad's fave, a fat strap, a spanking. My mom used a hair brush or her shoe or whatever she could grab.

And my parents never listened. The truth didn't matter. Only their perception and the younger you were, the more you got away with. All this is to say we didn't know this was abuse or wrong. It's the way it was.

I loved both my parents in spite of all this. God only knows what they endured at the hands of their parents.