IIRC constant abuse tends to ‘reset’ the brain to earlier points of development where there was no abuse as it attempts to find less painful behaviour patterns. This results in delayed development of certain areas of the brain; most notably the prefrontal cortex that is heavily involved with decision making and social behaviour but that isn’t fully developed until one reaches ~25 years old so I don’t know what you mean by “should be old enough to understand” because they clearly weren’t physically capable of it.

Source is introductory psychology courses. One of my professors is a researcher in child development and worked a lot with kids like the person you’re replying too. Treating them like “pieces of shit” just leads to more damage, so chill out.

I feel you. I suppose a lot of people can’t imagine what it was like.

Recording everything just in case they’re cheating lol

Perhaps it’s more like “Kids short-circuiting school issued chromebooks because of excessive surveillance.”

…but probably not (or at least, not entirely) because many kids are dumb.

source: was a dumb kid.

Your mother is a hamster. >:(

Damn, if only I had hair.