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All my life I have been told what to do. I have had no freedom, my parents don't trust me even though I try to do everything right. My parents have always been strict on grades and constantly remind me that no matter how hard I try if I don't get an A in the grade book, nothing counts. I am starting to get sick of it. I'm a good student and always get A's and high B's, but transitioning into high school, it has been a struggle. I don't know if it is normal to struggle so much. I'm scared because it is almost the end of the semester and I just received a bad grade and I know they will find out. I started looking online about how to calm down parents when they see or you tell them that you have received a bad grade and I started researching and realising that my parents behaviour is not normal. Although it is the internet and you can't believe everything, I found some articles about verbal abuse. The article had said that verbal abuse is when someone can threaten you with words or bring your self esteem down. It was specifically directed towards adolescents. They gave examples like when you get a bad grade and your parents call you names or threaten to make you leave the house. My parents have done this especially about grades. The most extreme it has ever gotten is when my mom saw that I had failed a test, she got so mad at me I guess something clicked in her and she pushed me causing me to hit my head on the edge of a wall. They also have threatened to beat me. I love my parents and they provide me food, shelter, water, and things that I want. They are caring and loving but I am scared that thats only half of my parents and that the other half is scary.
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Of course you love your parents, and they love you, but pushing and name calling your child is not normal. I am a mom of teens and I would never hurt them like that. Some parents don't know any better, maybe their parents did it to them and they don't know any better. Anyways try to talk about it about how scared you are when this happens or talk to someone else maybe like a councillor.. Good luck..
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