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Would you exclude an abusive parent from your will?
Would you leave a parent who has abused you when you were a child out of your will? Under what circumstances would you consider doing so? Would you consider only severe physical/sexual/emotional abuse or also incidences of spanking?
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December 14, 2009 04:37 AM
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Yes, absolutely. Why would I want to leave money to someone who has abused me and caused me harm? Physical, sexual, emotional, it doesn't matter -- all of these have lasting psychological repercussions, to say the least. There is no need to reward such behavior, financially or otherwise. Besides, if that parent abused me, I've likely cut him or her out of my life. I wouldn't want to dredge all that up for my will.
Spanking is a bit more of a grey area. My parents spanked me, because that's the child rearing method they grew up with (they were a bit older than most parents at the time.) While I no longer speak to my father for different reasons, my mother and I are extremely close. This isn't enough of a reason to leave her out of my will.
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Spanking is a bit more of a grey area. My parents spanked me, because that's the child rearing method they grew up with (they were a bit older than most parents at the time.) While I no longer speak to my father for different reasons, my mother and I are extremely close. This isn't enough of a reason to leave her out of my will.
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December 14, 2009 11:52 PM
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It would depend on the severity of the spankings. Spanking was very common years ago but it can range from light spankings to beatings with belts, tree switches or straps. I can understand parents who grew up that way but giving beatings I can not excuse and I would absolutely exclude them from the will.
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