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My Children Beat Me Up, Give Me Orders, Then Bully Me Around The House” – Mum by Haywhymido(m): 9:19pm On Mar 02, 2015
For years three children, one 11 and 9-year old twin
girls beat their mom, slap her in the face, molest her
up to 30 times a day, and yet she says she couldn’t tell
people so that she won’t feel embarrassed her kids
were beating her up. Her 11-year old son once stabbed
her with scissor in the stomach, yet she refused to get help or tell anyone. She always cried and gets terrified
once she knows her kids will soon be home from
school. They commanded her, used F words on her and
ordered her around the house. It happened for years,
lol. Find out below how it stopped!
Most parents cannot wait to greet their children with a
big hug when they get back from school. But for
terrified Pauline Bubb, it was the time of day that she
dreaded the most. For the 47-year-old has admitted that she was
attacked up to 30 times a day and left bruised by her
own children. Pauline revealed that she lived in fear of her angelic-
looking nine-year-old daughter Sapphire and her
violent brother Spencer, 11, who would join in some of
the abuse. But for a long time the exhausted single parent was
too embarrassed to tell anyone she was being “beaten
up” by the youngsters. At her wits’ end and fearing her children were
suffering, Pauline agreed to be part of a Channel 5
show to get the help she so desperately needed for her
family. Recalling her terror, Pauline told the Mirror how she
would often flee to her bedroom or bathroom and lock
the door. Cowering in the corner, she would have to wait for the
children to calm down. And she would sit shaking with
fear as she waited for them to return from school,
afraid they might fly into a rage when they walked in. Pauline, from Southampton, said: “At worst Sapphire
was attacking me 30 times a day. My legs would often
be bruised and I had to keep them covered. She
started off two years ago with controlling behaviour.
She would ask me a question like, ‘Can I have a packet
of crisps?’ but then say ‘Yes Sapphire’. “Then I had to say it, but exactly how she wanted me
to. I couldn’t say it too fast or too slow, I had to stand
still, I couldn’t move, I couldn’t blink. She would repeat
herself 20 or 30 times. If I said no, she would get
louder, start swearing and hit me. Four months ago
she bit my face.” Pauline also described how Spencer started to become
violent at an even younger age – and stabbed her in
the stomach with scissors when he was four. The next year he was diagnosed with attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. “He was very angry,”
she said. “It was because I said no to something.
Another time he strangled me from behind. I was
frightened of my own kids.” While Spencer’s violence abated under medication,
Sapphire’s exploded when she turned seven. Her twin
sister, Jorja, rarely joined in and would often retreat in
silence. But Sapphire and Spencer would regularly turn on their
mum in terrifying attacks. Pauline added: “I started to feel sick waiting for them
to come home, my stomach would churn. I would have
palpitations. I would get myself in such a state. I felt
embarrassed to say, ‘My children are beating me up’.
That’s why I let it go on. “Outside they had impeccable manners, they held
open doors, and picked up things. It would happen
behind closed doors.” Pauline has two other daughters
who are in their twenties from a previous marriage.
She split up from the father of her youngest three not
long after the twins were born. She said: “Sometimes they acted like a mob and
turned on me, all three of them. I would go to my
bedroom or the toilet. Sometimes I was scared to
come out and face them – but they haven’t got anyone
else, only me.” The most recently available figures show that 118
children aged under 14 were prosecuted for domestic
abuse in 2012/13 and more than 2,100 teenagers
aged between 14 and 17. Wednesday’s documentary, My Violent Child, has
unearthed a number of families with young children
who are carrying out abuse. Footage shows a
distraught Sapphire screaming in tears, lashing out
and swearing at her downbeat mother. Sapphire says to the camera: “I don’t understand why I
get angry, I hurt people and I kick. I have anger
issues.” Unlike her brother, the schoolgirl has not been
diagnosed with ADHD, but has been diagnosed with
anxiety and separation issues – she often gets upset
when she thinks her mum is leaving. Parenting expert Islay Downey, who has worked to
help the Bubb family since they took part in filming,
admitted it is growing problem. She said one-in-11
families experience similar problems to Pauline’s. She explained: “When parents lack confidence,
children get more power than they should. They need
boundaries, they need firm but fair parents. “It’s not children who are the demons here, they
behave as they do because of us.” It is a lesson Pauline admitted took her too long to
learn. She said: “It made me sad that they could be so
angry and hurt me. They bullied me. I was scared to
say no. It got to the point where, if they wanted to,
they could have a packet of crisps before dinner or stay
up until 10pm.” Last year she reached breaking point and got help by
signing up to a parenting course. She now thinks she
was making mistakes which pushed her children to
violence. “I was inconsistent,” she said. “I had no boundaries and had lost my parental control.
They didn’t feel safe. I was trying to be a mum and a
dad and a friend. I wanted them to like me. They are
my world.” Since the course, Pauline has started saying no to her
children and they have calmed down. She added: “It’s simple things like eating at the table.
Being confident in myself has changed things.
Occasionally they still get violent but it is short-lived. “They they are healthy and doing well at school. I love
them to pieces.”

Re: My Children Beat Me Up, Give Me Orders, Then Bully Me Around The House” – Mum by kilokeys(m): 9:21pm On Mar 02, 2015
if i hear

i wish crazeclown can be their parent for a week
Re: My Children Beat Me Up, Give Me Orders, Then Bully Me Around The House” – Mum by BeeBeeOoh(m): 9:36pm On Mar 02, 2015
Nawa oh. My mum wey dey precious to me more than gold & diamond na im pesin dey use hin mama play baba ijebu. Na d day wey she go leave dis earth dem go understand dat mum's need to be given egg's treatment(Handle With Care)..

I just pray they turn a good leaf & embrace their mum..
Re: My Children Beat Me Up, Give Me Orders, Then Bully Me Around The House” – Mum by lilmax(m): 9:53pm On Mar 02, 2015
“i was trying to be a mom and dad“


They(single mothers) should keep on deceiving themselves,keep on splitting....anyway slaps and knocks should reset their brains to default settings cool
Re: My Children Beat Me Up, Give Me Orders, Then Bully Me Around The House” – Mum by bukatyne(f): 10:25pm On Mar 02, 2015
The woman was sick and luckily has gotten the help she needed.

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Re: My Children Beat Me Up, Give Me Orders, Then Bully Me Around The House” – Mum by KanwuliaJara: 10:36pm On Mar 02, 2015
Fatherless baby homes!
Mtcheeeeeeeew!
Women and their BLOKOS kraze!

Na des kain wans go dey shout "fruit of the womb and blokos" reach grave! grin

Everyone MUSTO jolos dem and dem "natural born killers" with 666 CARVED for all corners of head, neck and azzzzze o!

Nonsense woman!
Make she die for dia jor!
Na who sen 'ah message? undecided
Re: My Children Beat Me Up, Give Me Orders, Then Bully Me Around The House” – Mum by cococandy(f): 10:51pm On Mar 02, 2015
Really twisted undecided
Goodluck to them

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