Does parent abuse exist in childhood?

Many people do not understand the difference between parent abuse and abuse of parents. Abuse of parents is very real, unprovoked violence against parents. The true biblical laws against parent abuse may appear very strange, in a lenient way, towards the child. The focus is in the Old Testament for many who misuse the Bible for child abuse, and involves the "parent protection laws". They do have force today, but are limited.

I have a good relationship with my mother. She is a good mom, meaning she listens to my feelings and upset, like a sounding board. This is what the Bible defines as surrender and obedience, and such is earned by parents from children (Col. 3:20; Eph. 6:1-3). I can talk to her about anything. In such a situation, suddenly turning to beating your mother and enjoying it is wrong. No child just beats up parents for the sake of beating parents. They likely have a psychiatric disability where they can't communicate any other way.

It says in Colossians 3:21 KJV:

Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they become discouraged.

This verse is monumental in that it repeals the parent protection laws, and, in fact, takes a burden off of parents. Why? The parent protection laws were set up not for any outside policing agency to gather evidence, but for the parents themselves unilaterally to go on a scavenger hunt for witnesses to put to death their stubborn and rebellious child. No parent would ever do it, and there is no record of it. The parent would have been shamed, in fact, for even trying to bring charges against their child. The legal authorities, and the community, would have assumed that the parents held the same attitudes as the child, and inflicted such attitudes onto the child, thus provoking the child to anger. The Apostle Paul was referring to this when presenting the Epistle to the Christian Church at Colossae.

Today, there are different levels of pro-social violence I can use to defend myself against abuse. Parent abuse, in a domestic environment, is a form of reverse gaslighting, and that's how minor children see it. Pro-social lawful order is the first step, meaning giving a demand for a need to be met, and pro-social violence if parents retaliate can be pro-social harassment, meaning setting up a harassment scene where you plan to "shut down and rest" once the secular law is invoked, retreating in a squiggly line (the police can obtain footage from computers later). Abused children also have the right to pro-social batter/corner their parents, meaning seclude them through overpowering them in a way that keeps them from abusing you, and discourages further abuse ("I can't even hit him anymore! He'll just beat me back"). DO NOT leave marks, or this will be used against you in a court of law. Pro-social obey means obey limits from parents to the minimal that keep you out of trouble, meaning parents do have power, meaning the power to have you arrested for defending yourself, and some parents kill. You know your parents best.

I rarely do articles written directly to children, and prefer to write to their abusers, in order to strike terror into their hearts. Many times, children cannot leave or change the situation due to the fact that the law allows it. I know, it isn't fair, but I hope the law changes. Generally, doing anything when your parents might hurt you to defend yourself is risky. I stayed to being an advocate on the side as a child, and otherwise pro-social endured abuse and violence, with "pro-social" indicating endurance while not defending...Marriages and intimate partner relationships aren't the only hotbed for domestic violence. Any violence within a family home is domestic violence, and any violence or aggression against a family member, particularly a smaller member of the family, is wrong.

The advice here is geared towards the Crimes Code of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Chapter 27 (Assault)