As a child, do you forgive your parents for what they did and did not do? As a parent, do you forgive your child for what they did and did not do?

The bible requires one to forgive if she or he ever wants forgiveness.

Forgiveness may, or may not, mean that someone who commits the most atrocious criminal acts shouldn't still be punished.

Someone who tortures a child may be forgiven by the child or the parents but should still be hogtied nude and drug behind a muscle truck across streets paved in broken glass for an hour or two. Other then that they should go easy on them.