Hell at home

May 28, 2009.
She is a piano teacher but the only sound one hears in her house are the cries and screams of her 5 year old son, who she has been abusing for the past three years.

Doctor who examined the boy were horrified by his injuries; there were fresh scars on top of old injuries - a sure sign of constant beatings.

The boy had injuries from the top of the head right to his feet.

When welfare department confranted the single mother, she just brushed it off saying her son was naughty and was

always falling down. However, the truth came out finally when welfare officers rescued the boy and took him to the hospital.

The son had so many injuries that doctors who examined him were taken aback as there was barely a spot on his body that had no scars.

It was learnt that the mother had a "complicated life" and was now divorced from the boy's father who had never helped raise the boy.

Parents who abuse their children are in need of help. One in every three parents who grow up in a physically abusive environment tends to be abusive towards their children.

Some parents argue that they hit their children because they are trying to teach their children well if they are honest, they will admit that they are venting their anger.Parent often choose physical punishment over the non-physical method because it is faster and easier.

Parents hit their children when they were frustrated with them did not know effective parenting method. Teaching a child involves a lot of patience and effort.