I watched a video earlier of a Judge beating his sixteen year old daughter with a belt, because she downloaded a video game. It hurt me to watch, and I couldn’t even handle it. I barely made it through the first minute before tears started to form. This girl was smart enough to use her own father’s rulings against him. In his cases he would only sentence if there was video graphic evidence that the child was being abused. So this brave girl set up a hidden camera, and caught not only her father, but her mother abusing her. What sickens me is that these are supposed to be the people that love and look out for you, guiding you into making the right choices for yourself, and being there for you when things take a turn for the worst. Unfortunately this girl, along with her younger sister that you see in the video, have no such parents. Instead they turn to beatings and vocal abuse to teach her. They both should be locked up. Her mother may not have been as violent as her father, but she stood there, encouraging him, breaking this poor girl down with every syllable uttered from her mouth. It just makes me think how could people actually do this to their own children? What possesses them to act it in such a way? And in this case, how long is it going to be before they start hurting the young child?  

I’m not saying my family life was perfect. I’ve been smacked when I was younger, had arguments with my parents. But never have I ever feared for my life while I’m home. In the place that’s supposed to provide me with love and shelter. 

It’s things like this where I just think about my ‘problems’ and just see that they’re nothing. Nothing in comparison to the problems that children who suffer at the hand of their parents go through every day. It just tortures me to think that I really can’t do anything about it. 

This isn’t a rant, or anything of the sort, I just wanted to voice my opinion on how this one video has effectively changed the way I see my parents. I know they would rather die than hurt me, even if we don’t get along half the time. The next time you think your parents are annoying for trying to talk to you, or grounding you or something, just think of how lucky you actually are.