I agree with you Maverick. Any hardships in my childhood had to do with my dad being an alcoholic, not with being a JW. I didn't have the hard time that others here seemed to have, I was quite happy as a JW kid.
Raising children in the borg
by Maverick 13 Replies latest social family
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scotsman
Hhhmmm... reading this board has always made me feel a little guilty that I had such a lovely childhood. Yes. it was in the Borg. I was deeply loved by my parents, we had fun. Yes, I didn't celebrate birthdays ,christmas etc but that never ever bothered me, maybe a born non-conformist. It may sound bizarre, but our family studies were inevitably hilarious.
Leaving was deeply unpleasant, yes, but that hasn't altered the fact that my childhood was secure and produced a secure and confident adult.
My experience may be exceptional, I have friends whose parents were a nightmare, but they'd have been a nightmare JW or not.
My tuppence.
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scotsman
meetings, ministry, study etc don't make a bad childhood, abuse and neglect do.
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got my forty homey?
Its true, mental abuse can far worse than physical abuse.
I remember my mother hitting me in front of my friends because something scared us in the back of the hall and we were all excited.
I remember my Father telling me in front of my bookstudy that my tie was dirty and I was In Bethel.
I remember being called demeaning names because I wet my bed, or because I could not look at people in thier eyes when I spoke to them.
I remember my father waking me up from deep sleeps so that we can have a bookstudy because there was something on TV he wanted to see.