Published by Jaya Avendel
Jaya Avendel is a word witch from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, writing family into fantasy through poetry and prose. Her writing has been published at Visual Verse, Free Verse Revolution, Spillwords Press, Mookychick, and Black Flowers, among others, and is published in "As The World Burns" Anthology and "The Kali Project" from Indie Blu(e) Publishing.
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As always this is such an emotional and powerful poem, in just a few choice words too. I’m so glad things have progressed from the idea that spanking is the way to discipline children, but am saddened that there are probably people who still do it!
THank you so much for sharing!
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There are people who still spank their kids, but it heartens me to share my thoughts and maybe teach someone something new!
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Aw, heartbreaking this one ><
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Such a short and powerful post.
It’s so sad how people still spank their kids.
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It’s shocking how many people still think it’s ok to hit children, even though all the research points to it bad for children, and that’s even before getting to the darker child abuse level of spanking and hitting
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You have mirrored how I think on this so well! Thank you. 🙂
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A short but very powerful piece! Here’s to time moving forward from this.
Aimsy xoxo
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Hear, hear!
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So heartbreaking! I’m glad we’re moving forward with this x
Sophie
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Me too! 🙂
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I can relate to this
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How cute is this – loved it
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Sibling love is strong! Thank you for sharing! X
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🙂
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So short yet so heartbreaking and powerful
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Wow… I’m quite speechless reading this. Because… I also know how wrong it feels.
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Thanks for sharing your experience! 🙂
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OH man, this is true sibling love right here. We can’t do anything about parents punishing your sibling, but we can relate at the same time. I know I don’t want to be the type of parent who punishes a child by spanking. There are other ways to teach them the right from wrong.
Nancy ♥ exquisitely.me
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Thanks so much! There may be sibling rivalry but there is also so much sibling love.
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💔
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The older generations know in retrospect it was wrong! But they have had their time now. Family has progressed far from those ‘Olden Days’ thankfully! 🙂
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I love helping the times move forward. 🙂
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