"You think about child abuse and you think of a father viciously attacking a daughter or a son, but in my family it was my mother. My mother, I would say, was a... very brutal disciplinarian"
- Lynn Johnston
About this Quote
In this quote, Lynn Johnston is going over the subject of kid abuse and how it is frequently connected with a daddy being the perpetrator. However, in her own individual experience, it was her mother who was the abuser. She describes her mother as a "extremely brutal disciplinarian," indicating that her mom utilized physical force and severe methods to discipline her and potentially her siblings. This statement challenges the common stereotype that only daddies can being abusive towards their kids. It clarifies the fact that child abuse can happen in any kind of family dynamic which it is not limited to a particular gender.
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