by CrustyOldFart » Tue Oct 26, 2021 6:16 am
tronagirl: I've heard some of those and I gotta admit, when it comes to Trona, nothing shocks me anymore. Another type of comment I've heard, particularly from mothers, is something like "You're a worthless bum, just like your father!" Sometimes stronger language is used, but it's always the son compared to the father in an unflattering way. That can't be good for a boy's self-concept, but I've heard mothers in Trona resort to that sort of angry comment way too often. It's sad that they fail to realize just how psychologically damaging comments like that can be. While men often used strong language towards children, they don't resort to such insidious insults as often as women do.