Pac - You and I now have two things in common a sh*tty parent & our love of pancakes. I to had a father that beat the ever living sh*t out of me as a child. He did this until one day all my lifting of hay bales paid off, and I beat him so bad that I broke both his nose & jaw. I have to be honest with you it felt great, but then I left for the military shortly thereafter for some reason. 🙂 Anyways I saw him one last time on his deathbed, and all he said to me after 5 or so years was and I quote "Damn you are a big f**ker". He died a day later and at his funeral it was the weirdest thing I felt nothing looking at his urn. Long story short it can really suck having sh*tty parents.
Also I don't think the kind of beating Jade was talking about is at the level you and I had..