I wasn't abused as a child, and I damn near FREAK OUT when I see someone mistreat a child. Just the other day in a store there was a little kid, maybe 6, who was acting pretty much like a 6 year old kid does when he's been out shopping all day...the next thing I knew the Dad barked some command at him, and the kid was KNEELING next to his Dad, whimpering...the Mom came over and they both tore into this little guy right there. I had to leave, fast. My impulse control is not good any more, and I REALLY wanted to register my EXTREME disapproval...LOL.

And the heck of it is that when I got away, I could see in my mind's eye a picture of that Dad when he was a little boy, cowering on the floor of a store somewhere...

Pray for all of them , everywhere.

DJ