[Anonymous]

I am not asking for advice

now that's out of the way...

punkgrl - yeah that's basically what I am saying (or asking?) I don't know that taking a kid out of an abusive home is really saving them. Unless their life is threatened... but then again, that can be difficult to judge too. I mean, a parent might not mean to kill a kid, but they might end up being too violent and sort of unintentionally killing them. Or neglecting them so severely, that some accident or disease kills the kid.

By 'normal' I didn't mean to imply that abused kids turn into criminal sociopaths or whatever. I meant more like that they take horrible abuse from people the rest of their lives. Or possibly treat their kids similiar. Or other screwed up things.. you know, just overall mentally not well.