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an innocent witness>
Have you ever gone to bed worried about someone you love? Perhaps you couldn't sleep, couldn't focus on anything but worrying and knowing you'd do almost anything to make it ok.
Have you ever felt that way?
Now imagine you are only six years old and your mom, the person you love most in the world, has just tucked you in for bed.
But you don't dare close your eyes. You keep them open and begin to pinch your inner thigh to stay awake. You want to stay awake because you are worried. You know the voices in the other room will get louder. Then she'll scream. You'll spring from your bed, open your door, crouch down, peek around the corner, and wait. When his hand swings back to hit her and he yells, "PUT YOUR HANDS DOWN" you run out and jump into the middle of the beating, hoping this time that you can be the one to stop it.
More than 4,000,000 children live in households where their mother is abused and battered. They live with this type of worry every night. When these children become adults, they'll have plenty to worry about. No six year old should ever experience this kind of worry at such a young age.
Yet it occurs everyday, in many places, throughout the country.
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