I had no choice because
his behavior was so out of control. People would come up to me in
supermarkets when he was two and say, "Why dont you spank
him, why don't you just spank him?" He was putting holes in
walls at age two and it was outrageous, his behavior was so outrageous
that I mean I had to be a total idiot not to recognize it. I didnt
get any support because his paternal grandparents said, "Oh,
hes just being a boy. You know and hes doing this because
youre a single mother and because you work full-time."
But, I knew there was something wrong, when he was one and a half
he beat up a six-year-old, pummeled. I knew that was not normal
behavior.
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