In article , Mike Coslo
writes:

N2EY wrote:

I would point out that *most* kids, beaten or not, will not grow up to be
serial killers. But the legacy of violence plays out in other ways.

Very true! There have been children that have been abused that turn out
fine, and those with tranquil lives that turn out terrible. What the
discipline or lack of it will do is bring out latent problems.

There's an old saying that goes something like:

"The battle does not always go to the strong
Nor the race to the swift.
But that's the way to bet!"

The really whacked ones will be that way regardless.

Maybe, but they are relatively few. Point it that there are plenty of whackos
who could have been pretty normal if they'd been raised better.

And what reason can there be to intentionally make a child miserable?

73 de Jim, N2EY