Summary of Daniella Mestyanek Young's Uncultured

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#1 I was punished for crying during line for the spanking, even though no one else was. It was a horrible injustice that I couldn’t understand.

#2I was punished for crying during line for the spanking, even though no one else was. I understood that my mother would insist I get spanked, whether I was guilty or not. My mother had become Auntie Kristy, the adult in charge of all of us.

#3 The Children of God was a cult started by a failed preacher who found his calling by saving hippies searching for meaning. They took on new names from the Bible and dedicated their lives to Jesus.

#4 I was punished for crying during line for the spanking, even though no one else was. I was punished for stepping out of line, even though no one else was. I was punished for complaining about food or hunger, even though no one else was. I was punished for not respecting my elders, even though no one else was. I was punished for rolling my eyes when an adult corrected me, even though I struggled to control my frustrations.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Oct 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9798350032031

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Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I was five when I was sent to the punishment room, and I remember the fear I felt when I woke up from a sound sleep to find my aunties standing over me. I was terrified of getting in trouble.

#2

I was spanked nine times, instead of three, by my new stepfather, Uncle Zephaniah. I was being a good girl, but I didn’t deserve to be hit nine times. I was being punished for crying and running out of line.

#3

The Children of God was a group started in 1968 by the Prophet David Berg, a failed fifty-year-old preacher who finally found his calling by saving lost souls searching for meaning among the hippies gathering in California.

#4

The Children of God, a cult that my grandparents belonged to, believed that if you spanked your children, you were spoiling them. They also believed that no child was too young for discipline, and that babies as young as six months old would benefit from spankings.

#5

I was punished for using bad language, taking the Lord’s name in vain, gossiping, or exhibiting the foolishness that is bound in the heart of a child. I was taught that David Berg was God’s chosen Prophet, and I could never question anything he said.

#6

The Family’s doctrines and practices were becoming more and more sexualized, including religious prostitution, child brides, and pedophilia for God. Margarita, Tom’s wife, feared for her daughters as the doctrines became more and more sexualized.

#7

The author’s mother, Kristy, was a member of The Family. When she became pregnant with the author, her parents had to decide whether to have a cesarean or not. The aunties tried to convince her to let go and let God, but she insisted on having the operation.

#8

When I was born, my mother was given the task of taking care of me. She would visit the nursery whenever the schedule said it was time for me to be nursed, if she could be excused from her work.

#9

I loved my mother fiercely, even though I didn’t really know her. I understood that she was special and different from the other aunties with kids my age because she’d been born in The Family, while the others had been out in the System.

#10

I was always sneaking to read with my mom, who would always tell me not to be so noisy. I was curious about why we weren’t allowed to have books, and why we were sneaking.

#11

I have come to understand that my mother was a naturally sweet and sensitive woman who was raised in a world filled with people who had forsaken