Hi, I can relate, as my dad died recently and I posted a couple of things about it. I wonder if you want to revisit this paragraph, because perhaps it's me, but I'm unsure what they *did* do. You say they *didn't* disregard your personal space and they *didn't* hit you... but then you say corporal punishment was acceptable back then - which implies that they *did* hit you. And of course, you later describe your dad hitting you with a brush - so they *did* hit you.