In short, yes.
I don't know how much it influenced me. I know I really don't like being around people who'd fly off the handle and get mad out of nowhere and I hate it when people who're arguing with me grab me or try to turn the disagreement to a physical one. I tend to resent it more than other people do. I find it really distasteful to use violence to win an "argument", but oddly enough most of my friends who had the same experience think it's a valid way of educating your children and some even plan to do it to their own children, claiming if you don't, your kids don't turn out right. Personally, I always fought back as a child and I will never put someone in that position where they are so unable to defend themselves.
I don't know how much it influenced me. I know I really don't like being around people who'd fly off the handle and get mad out of nowhere and I hate it when people who're arguing with me grab me or try to turn the disagreement to a physical one. I tend to resent it more than other people do. I find it really distasteful to use violence to win an "argument", but oddly enough most of my friends who had the same experience think it's a valid way of educating your children and some even plan to do it to their own children, claiming if you don't, your kids don't turn out right. Personally, I always fought back as a child and I will never put someone in that position where they are so unable to defend themselves.
