I have always stayed away from drugs and alcohol. I guess at the same time I was looking for my parents' attention. I usually never got spanked, but if I did something wrong I got a lot of verbal abuse, a type of aggression that harms others through threats of physical aggression, insults, or hostile teasing. The reason my father got angry and used his words to hurt me was because I got pregnant at sixteen. This was a huge disappointment to my family and put a strain on our relationship. This was the biggest moment in my life right now; I was just a little girl about to have another child. I didn't know any better and there I had to be a single parent at sixteen. I believe this has been a curse and a blessing at the same time. My son is the blessing, but the curse had to deal with the loneliness and negativity I received from me