a child called "it"

I read a few chapters from the book called "a child called it" by Dave Pelzer. this is a very sad book. and it made me realize that child abuse is a big problem in this world. at this very moment there could be a child being physically abused by a parent. how could those parents live knowing that they abused there child. any way.. in this chapter it the mom was abusing her son,she was forcing him to lie on the stove so she could watch him burn, because she saw him playing in the grass during recess at school. one of his mom's rules was that playing on the grass was forbiddin. Finally his brother came home, and the mom had lost the "fight" and he was safe from the burning. he was still abused my his mom. This is a true story.