I wish he'd said something about getting some kind of counseling or help (I understand this is part of his sentencing) and that he'd offered a message to other young abusers, but I do forgive him. He's a 19 year old young man who's still cognitively developing, one whose development may have been arrested by chronic exposure to domestic violence in the home and who never received treatment or counseling for his trauma. While these predictors do not excuse what he did, it does place the moment in a little heard context. It also makes it easier for me to give him a second chance.
He did mention that he was getting help, but I agree that he should have talked more about that.
Being 19, he knows the difference between right and wrong. His history with this issue should make that even clearer.
I don’t think the fact that the grew up around domestic violence makes it easier for me to forgive him.
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Being 19, he knows the difference between right and wrong. His history with this issue should make that even clearer.
I don’t think the fact that the grew up around domestic violence makes it easier for me to forgive him.