the quietness of abuse is sad. thats a sad story jinn, and i would want to do something myself too. there have been occasions where ive noticed things, that make me sad. in our local cub group, one of the mothers treats her youngest son quite badly. when shes not around other people, shes always yelling at him, and always hitting him. ive pointed this out to the leader of the cub group, where his older sister goes, he cant be more than 5. i dont understand how she can be so cruel to him, every time he sees me he cries 'Dotty!' and runs up to hug me. hes such a sweet little child. the worst of it is i dont think anyone has done anything about it. i think they either dont want to get involved, or they think, hes not part of the group, not their problem. i just want to take him home and give him hugs and make him happy.