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I’ve been reading about sibling dynamics of adolescence bc I am trying to get into this development lab. Tell me why I am only now beginning to realize that my brother was physically abusive. I thought that was just normal kid stuff, and now…
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Anonymous 7w

Tell me a what happened.

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Anonymous 7w

yeah whenever people say “it’s normal for siblings to fight” they forget to mention “as long as it’s not 24/7 and parents are making sure there’s no power imbalance” 😐😐

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Anonymous 7w

sameeee

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 7w

My older brother tormented me my whole childhood. He’d beat me up at least once a week. He’d cuss me out, belittle me, and call me slurs. There were several times that he choked me so hard I thought I’d die, and I grew up afraid of his unpredictable anger. I’m a girl. He was older, bigger, and stronger than me and he’d always brag about how even if I fought back he could always do worse. My dad didn’t know and my mom always told me that’s just how boys are. I thought it was normal

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 7w

Low key idk how there couldn’t be a power imbalance as long as one kid is older than the other. Like my older brother was always going to have the upper hand bc he was bigger, taller, and stronger than me.

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 7w

Hope you’re in a better place now

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 7w

Yep. That’s way to far. My brother tried to choke me once but I kicked him in the balls. Fucker. Anyway I hope you got away from that.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 7w

that’s why parents have to intervene, they cant just give up because their kids are always fighting even if they have other things going on it’s not okay for parents to ignore this kind of issue; at some point i stopped asking my parents for help because they didnt seem to care enough that i was getting abused to do anything about it

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 7w

🫂

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