can you do this to your child?

Well I do think that your son is right about "understanding person". nowadays it's hard to look for a good Samaritan one of the characteristics that your son should be proud of... I do think that you never let this matter sitting down its a motherly instinct to fight for the right of abuse children and though your not my mom I'm really proud of you!

please tell me you did more than just give the kid something to eat? his mother attacked him with a knife.. and i certainly hope that you called the proper authorities to report such a horrendous action and got the child to safety.

This sounds serious. You should call social services to check out the home for physical abuse. Of course, you would be opening a big can of worms and won't know what the end results would be and how it would affect your sons friend and your family.

In the U.S., anyone who saw what you saw would be obliged to contact Child Protective Services. The child would be taken into the custody of the state while the home environment was investigated. The child would probably be placed in a foster home where, we hope, he'd be better treated.

It's awful. I'm wondering if this child is really her son, nevertheless may it be her own son or not doing these cruel acts to a helpless child is very inhuman. A mother is supposed to be the greatest protector of her child and I really can't understand why, she could be so callous to her own flesh and blood. Hope, it won't be too late for her to realize the possible effects of this kind of treatment she is giving to the hapless child.

Tears just started pouring have way through the reading, In some way I was hoping they were playing a practical joke or something , but this is no laughing matter. This woman may end up taking his life out of a fit of anger if she is not stopped. I would already contacted any of the authorities , a rescue squad to look at his wounds since most areas will not allow you to take to medical and sign for treatment. I would let these figures do their job. I would also state that I would take care of the child if I could so he is not placed in foster care if I had the resources. No child should ever have to suffer like that . I am shocked that the children were so calm in telling you. That child would not make it back home,. Unfortunately it is a hard decision for most. The child is separated by all the people he knows as if it was his fault he got in this mess which IT IS NOT. The poor child needs to learn this is not acceptable behavior and hopefully redirect any thoughts and possible patterns that he has learned as acceptable behavior. This is not. Domestic violence, abuse (verbal, physical, mental)or other forms is not correct behavior and is installed in children recorded memory as tape that will keep playing over and over again. Do the right thing and sometimes if you can communicate with the person in charge they will allow his friends to see and interact with him. Its very slim but some workers feel more compassion than others.You are his and he is looking for some big help. take care and good. I hope he gets the medical attention he needs to heal the scars also the mental scars he has, Take care.

Wow, good for you for taking this child under your wing to care for him. That's so scary when there's parents' abuse of a child. I think the proper authorities should be notified of what's going on or maybe at least other members of the child's family like grandparents, aunts and uncles, or something so there is someone else to care for the child while the parents get counseling, therapy, or whatever they need to stop hurting their child. This is just wrong what's going on here. I'm sure you will do the right thing for the child, though!

Since you did not witness this 'abuse', you don't know for certain if it is abuse or a child making up stories. But, because it very well could be abuse, you should call the child protection authorities to investigate properly, find out the truth and make certain that the child is safe. So, that means a bit more than just giving him a meal and sending him back home to more possible abuse. You actually have to get involved if you really care.

You should call the athorities and report what happen.

Hi Marketing, That's an obvious case of child abuse. that's really terrible. i can't take cases like that. it has to be reported. i admire you child for providing the necessary support to his friend. he's brave enough to offer your place a for him to have a temporary shelter for the meantime that he's in such situation. you are a great mom for training your son to be like that. congratulations. so what's your plan now?

dont understand how a mother can be so cruel . but u r great that you gave shelter to him . but i think that ,if the childs mother knows that he has disclosed all the cruelity happened to him she may trouble him lot more . i think some kind of conselling must be done to her mother to undrstand the pain the boy is undergoing at a tender age.

It just saddening to see people not only moms who does that to their children. i had neighbors before who really physically hurt and beat their children. they say that it is their right because those are their children, but it is not just right to beat your child up. Thanks that our country now has Rights for the maltreated Children. If they will seek help then the Social Workers Department will come and care for them.

Why did she do that kind of horrible thing. It should not be this way. Do you have plans of going to the police and report this. It should be notified the child could be killed, if it's going to be repeated again and again...

This is a very cruel behaviour from a mom to his child an educational smack from time to time can't hurt too much but beating and cutting a child is a severe and wrong thing to do, if I were you I would probably investigate more to what happened to the kid and if it's true do not doubt in contacting the local authorities, you don't want to leave a little boy in such a traumatizating situation, but investigate well before you do any move do not put yourself and your kid at risk, but try to help the victim if what he tells it's true, we know children tend to lie sometimes just to get attention.

Hello marketing friend. I am so sorry for the small kid tortured by his mother. It is hard to imagine a mother torturing her kid like this. It is cruel of her and it is unacceptable to any one of us. I wish the boy were now being treated well by his mother. Thank you for being so nice and kind to the small boy.

I think the correct thing to do is call the parent and tell them what you have seen. If the parent reacts in a weird manner I would call the authorities. Or is he one of those 'bad seed' kids that wants to get his folks into trouble? You just don't know. I would let the authorities sort it out.

Well I see You live in Korea, so I don't know what kind of laws they have there to protect families, but i would call the authorities if you could do it without bringing harm to your own family.

If this is true, the police must be notified immediately. The child must be removed from that situation and protected.

Yikes! That's horrible! I agree with the other comments that you should report it to the police or child services. He can't continue to grow up with that kind of abuse from his family.

You did the right thing, he definitely needs your understanding, compassion and empathy. It is also your duty to report the incident to DCFS (ASAP), while the bruises and cuts are fresh. The Depatment of Children and Family Services will make the proper evaluation. Being an excellent mother yourself and being a mother myself, we can clearly see that the broad is not fit to be a mother. God bless you, marketing07!