when do you leave

I doubt that he will change. If he has started to beat her he has crossed a line that would be very difficult to ever come back from. If he were to change he would need a fair bit of help and your friend should first seek to leave and save herself and the baby from this man.

I doubt very much that he will change if that is his attitude towards the mother of his child. Someone who loves you doesnt beat you, sure relationships can go downhill but there is no need for him to be resorting to violence. Their poor child must be witnessing that, she should leave him for her childs sake if not her own.

He wont change! She will always be fearful of it aswell! I was in a bad relationship. Luckily i didnt live with himn or anything, but he still had a huge amount of control over me. I think we each have our own level of when it get to "Enough". She will realise soon! It will be very hard for her to admit to so you just need to be there for her! I found it very hard, i didnt tell anyone what was going on. My mum eventually found out. She told me she knew and i just broke down in tears. Ashamed and so so glad that someone would make it stop now, and scared what my ex would do! It is hard when you love them. I lost the love for my ex, and i dont think i ever truely loved him, looking back now! She should be really careful, especially with a young child. One thing she needs to understand is there IS help! People will make things so much better for her, and she will be much better off! I wish her all the best! I hope she manages to get out of this!