My Dad was a good man in many raised. Single Dad to two kids, made tons of sacrifices to us. But he had some serious anger issues that OFTEN were triggered by academic failures. Bad grades were NOT received well, is the kind way to describe it. 1/

And I am just thinking about how TERRIBLE this would have been to have been trapped in my house with him as my teacher. He never hit me, but the verbal tirades (his favorite was the call me a "dumbshit") were excruciated when they were spread out over minor academic failures...2/

I just can't imagine how much worse it would have gotten if he was in charge of TEACHING ME every day. I was a great student with great grades so those explosions were spread out, but if he had been part of my daily instruction? I have nightmares just thinking about it 3/

And I know...RIGHT NOW...there are kids like young me just in terror every day and I just...I just don't know what to do about it. I am so in touch with child me and her fears and it's visceral...so I just find myself overwhelmed with worry with kids in similar households now. 4/

There was no point to this thread, really, other than to serve as another reminder that not all households handle stress the same. Not all parents manage stress the same. My Dad beat himself up a lot for his anger, always apologized profusely but damn...it still left scars. 5/