Yesterday I saw a little boy get abused in the mall. He might have been 10? He was sitting on one of those benches and his father was screaming in his face, like touching foreheads. "Why do you keep doing this to me? Why do you keep doing this?" Screaming at the top of his lungs. The boy is cowering with his arms over his face, and then the guy slaps the kid in the face, and screams "Get up! Stop acting like that and get up"

What was I supposed to do? I almost assaulted him. But what good would that have done? Made it worse for the kid. It was so horrible and I'm so ashamed that I didn't do anything, but I didn't know what to do. He was so out of control that it would have escalated. But now that kid is home with that piece of **** and no one did anything. I'll live with that for a long time.

To that little boy - I'm so sorry I failed you.