by mrsjones5 12 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
Even as a child, I remember that the wooden spoon was the favorite weapoon of torture among JW parents.
What child abuse we heard over the years in the back rooms of Kingdom Halls. I knew of some friends who left the Hall crying, they were so upset at what some parents did to their children during the meetings.
It makes me angry to think about it.
S4
We had this one lady that beat the tar out of her 3 year old son, I mean absolutley beat him AT THE KINGDOM HALL, you can imagine what she did at home. My Mom and I both "went to the elders" and said we would report her if nothing was said or done, to which they threatened us....I still wish we would have done something other than obey the elders. I went to her house once when we were in service and I cannot even begin to describe the filth she was living in...she used her back deck as a garbage area and the sliding glass doors were completely filled up to the top with garbage, there was rotting food everywhere in the house etc, but when she came to the hall she was treated like some kind of prize because she was a study and turned away from the world etc, but no one really seemed to care about her poor child.......
The horror!
I was 5 years old when I first stepped into a KH. I tried to endure the best that any 5 year old would under threats. However, I did get the slaps and pinches for being squirmy in my seat. Even though I was never taken in the back room (2nd hall) for the beating, I knew many children that did. I always felt that there was a need for someplace where children, especially toddlers, can go to in a KH that would accomodate them accordingly. Don't get me wrong. Discipline is needed. But there is a clear difference between the normal toddler who gets into minor mischief and one who is like "Chucky".
Who instills this programming in these parents? The elders? The publications?
I don't know nor see the logic.
