Violence in children against animals usually represents displaced hostility and aggression coming from neglect or abuse of the child. Animal cruelty committed by any member of the family, whether parent or child, often means child abuse occurs in that family (dad might beat the dog, so little sport throws the cat). I would be willing to bet all that will come of your intervention is a small beating, followed by continued neglect. CD (conduct disorder), the cause of the animal cruelty, can and will only be exasorbated by the father abusing his son.
I feel terrible about that poor cat. I wish parents would pay better attention to the way the act in front of their kids and the way they treat their kids.
And if Tom Cruise is reading this: How am I right about an abusive father if psychology is a pseudo science? That's what I thought.
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