“To see your mother beaten by your father is something you never forget. It's horrific. When my dad was like that, I hated him, and he scared me. But sadly it became a way of life for us.”

Meaning

This reads as a testimony about domestic violence and its lasting damage. It points to the terror a child feels when home becomes unsafe, and to how fear can harden into hatred before settling into something disturbingly normal. It lands with force in any conversation about abuse, because it shows not just the act itself, but the way it reshapes memory, loyalty, and a sense of what a family is.

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Originally said in English.

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