Punching your young daughter out of anger is not controlled corporal punishment. It is child abuse even in the US. The world has passed you by, sorry for your loss.
Friendly reminder, cherish your family and your kids if you have a relationship with them as you never know when it will end.
I wonder if Gjert thinks it was worth it. He raised an Olympic champion but 2 years later, he's not even at the wedding of that Olympic champion.
Very sad to read.
Let's be real for a minute...MOST family dynamics aren't perfect.
I won't cast judgement to Jakob for not inviting his Dad to his wedding.
For example, my grandparents, aunts, uncles on my dad's side have a dicey relationship beyond repair. It took me a long time to understand that sometimes its better to not have a relationship with a family member that continues to hurt you. There is only so much one can take.
Friendly reminder, cherish your family and your kids if you have a relationship with them as you never know when it will end.
I wonder if Gjert thinks it was worth it. He raised an Olympic champion but 2 years later, he's not even at the wedding of that Olympic champion.
Very sad to read.
Let's be real for a minute...MOST family dynamics aren't perfect.
I won't cast judgement to Jakob for not inviting his Dad to his wedding.
For example, my grandparents, aunts, uncles on my dad's side have a dicey relationship beyond repair. It took me a long time to understand that sometimes its better to not have a relationship with a family member that continues to hurt you. There is only so much one can take.
Exactly. My wife refused to speak to her mom since around the age of 11. Even when her mom was on her deathbed, she wouldn't see her. It's so easy for outsiders to judge and say things like "how could you not see your dying mother?" I never pushed her on this because she didn't want to talk about it and it made her extremely uncomfortable. It's way more complicated than any outsider could understand.
I don't judge Jakob at all in this situation because I wasn't there and have no idea what happened between them.
Honestly, it’s quite sad seeing how many boomers defend physical violence. The fact that your parents beat you doesn’t mean that it’s good. It results in human garbage like you. There are much better ways to teach your kids.
Can the Gjert hitting Ingrid thing really be true, or the reason? If its that serious why is Tone still with him? And if she still with him then why has Jakob (and the other boys, or not, I still don't know) reacted so harshly in comparison to mum? If this all illegal in Norway and Ingrid in a foster home then why hasnt charges been brought to Gjert? Why is he still allowed to coach? This doesnt add up at all. Sounds like an attempt to slander Gjert.
My parents emigrated from a communist country and my mom had four kids, graduated from Boston College, started teaching and she absolutely beat the crap out of us weekly, if not daily. I’ve her to death. We talk on the phone every day and I have three children of my own (I never had to spank them etc) but I completely understand now her stress and how she took it out on my older brother and me. We are all now successful and happy and glad I didn’t shut her out of my life as it was a phase due to pressures I can never imagine.
blah blah blah, didn't hurt me, blah blah blah. News flash, it DID hurt you; you turned out to be an idiot who thinks using violence against kids is OK.
blah blah blah, didn't hurt me, blah blah blah. News flash, it DID hurt you; you turned out to be an idiot who thinks using violence against kids is OK.
Lol. My dad, the gym teacher, apologized afterwards.
My parents emigrated from a communist country and my mom had four kids, graduated from Boston College, started teaching and she absolutely beat the crap out of us weekly, if not daily. I’ve her to death. We talk on the phone every day and I have three children of my own (I never had to spank them etc) but I completely understand now her stress and how she took it out on my older brother and me. We are all now successful and happy and glad I didn’t shut her out of my life as it was a phase due to pressures I can never imagine.
Taking out your stress on others is something I will never stand for. No matter what happens to me, I will never stoop so low. It honestly sounds like you’re justifying it because she’s your mother, and that’s ok I guess. It’s not my life. But imagine someone you didn’t know beat you. Would you still take it and try to justify it? Say that they’re stressed, and that it’s not their fault? I suppose it boils down to what you can tolerate, and that’s absolutely something I don’t want to associate myself with, family or not. Normalizing and/or justifying it is weird.
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My parents emigrated from a communist country and my mom had four kids, graduated from Boston College, started teaching and she absolutely beat the crap out of us weekly, if not daily. I’ve her to death. We talk on the phone every day and I have three children of my own (I never had to spank them etc) but I completely understand now her stress and how she took it out on my older brother and me. We are all now successful and happy and glad I didn’t shut her out of my life as it was a phase due to pressures I can never imagine.
I'm sorry you sustained so much physical abuse this is a safe space.
We can safely assume there was some form of physical force. The question is was it a closed fist strike & how forceful? Or was it a slap/push & how forceful.
If charges are appropriate & have not been filed, it is possible that there is fear a legal battle would do too much damage to the family brand. After years of making millions by opening their personal lives they now feel entitled to shut the door.
Some disgusting people in this thread. Of course no one knows anything about what actually happened, but if he was **drunk** as the original rumor said and hit his daughter, we're not even remotely talking about corporal punishment, its very plainly violent abuse.
Punching your young daughter out of anger is not controlled corporal punishment. It is child abuse even in the US. The world has passed you by, sorry for your loss.
Lmao do you not know how to read? He just posted a link directly refuting your point? I’m not saying disciplining your daughter by punching her is ethical but your unwillingness or inability to read the facts about its legality makes this a pointless conversation to have. Your argument would not hold up in court.
Some disgusting people in this thread. Of course no one knows anything about what actually happened, but if he was **drunk** as the original rumor said and hit his daughter, we're not even remotely talking about corporal punishment, its very plainly violent abuse.
Holy crap you idiots really don’t know how to read do you? The original claim said SHE was the one who came home drunk (which is a crime in Norway btw for youth under 18 y/o) and he disciplined her with a punch. That’s not clear cut “plainly violent abuse”.
