Liccy
or in a different table...
similar to the "children's table" and the "adult table" many families use durring thanksgiving.
Also, you have to also differentiate what maybe considered "abuse" in one culture... may be considered "parenting" in another.
I grew up in a similar environment. (I'm from a hispanic background... and I'm going to assume ... as many others are assuming and seems to be the trend here.. that the Gambinos are Italian). There was love, but then there were words... it was just "normal" for us. But not many others see it that way.
Perhaps that's why i'm a bit crazy today because of it.
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Gambino, Olympic Race Commentary
5:25pm HMM It seems Sasha's keen sense of direction has kicked in again BWAHAHAHA!!! Gino.. if you win this race... I'll let you eat at the dinner table again!!!!
If he had meant 'kiddie table,' wouldn't he have said 'sit with the adults' or something like that? His statement uses the article "the," indicating singular. One table.
To decide wether this is abuse or not, I take a look at Gino. Does the boy look happy? EVER? he is constantly harangued by his father for being small and weak and helpless. Now, I'm not expectly constant cuddles, but growing up with ZERO positive feedback on everything you do tends to seriously ******** up your mind. The kid believe his is, indeed worthless, and the s**t that follows takes years of therapy to overcome... if ever.
I know. I've seen this happen to real live people.