Reply #72: If a man ever dares beat my child, I would call the police. I understand

[TwilightGardener]

that some women may find it upsetting and difficult to leave or to call authorities, but when a child's health, safety, and welfare is at stake, there are no excuses. She is the parent, it is 100% her job to keep her child safe, no matter the circumstances. Same would be true for a father living with a woman who abused his children. Same is true for married biological parents who abuse. There is no escaping the fact that allowing someone to abuse your child, and not removing the child from the situation, makes you complicit in the abuse.