Dad beating sister leads to depression

[Sudds3]

So the other day my sister was really late for school and needed to leave like 10 min after she woke up. She was panicking and my dad told her she couldnt leave until she calmed down. After a little bit of her not calming down my dad told her he would take her to school, so he went to get his wallet taking his sweet time not caring about how late my sister already was. My sister then took off and ran outside to get the car, and sadly my dad saw and hit her! I heard the whole thing from the dining room and then I started to cry. I heard her cry and my dad get all mad and hit her again. It took a good 10 min for my mom to lock my dad downstairs and to get my sister to get to school. That day I went to school and we had a pop quiz on a book I hadnt started yet and then I got back a test and saw I got a 62% on it! Ive never failed a test before and I just wanted to go and sit in the bathroom and cry all day. This all happened whithing about 2 hours. Ugh, that day was terrible. Im so happy my friends were there to get me to cheer up a little.

[Mortal Coil]

That sounds terrible.
I hope your sister is alright, and you might want to consider telling someone (not VTers) about your dad, this is child abuse.
Remember that it has nothing to do with you and doesn't reflect on you at all.
Stay strong and PM me if you need anything.

[KarkatLuv]

:(. you need to tell someone about this, because he obviously needs help to realise he has a problem and shouldn't be doing that to his children. I hope you and your sister are better :)

[Toto]

Yes, you really need to tell someone aout this (Like the others have said).Is your father always like this? This IS child abuse and he could get in serious trouble for it. How is your sister? Hopefully she`s okay.

[Truth]

Hey man.. I'm not sure about you, but I'd have stood up to my dad, by telling someone else. Since I'm assuming you're not very strong or large enough to stop it yourself, considering your age and all.. so just get someone else involved.

[Sudds3]

I will not get in front of him when he is mad because I am, as Truth said, not that big and he would eat me alive. I just dont know what to do, im so confused and I dont want to ruin anything worse than it already is. My sister is fine, she actually hasnt come out of her room all week so....um ya. I dont want to deal with it, I have too much on my plate as it is

[Truth]

I will not get in front of him when he is mad because I am, as Truth said, not that big and he would eat me alive. I just dont know what to do, im so confused and I dont want to ruin anything worse than it already is. My sister is fine, she actually hasnt come out of her room all week so....um ya. I dont want to deal with it, I have too much on my plate as it is So her staying in her room for an entire week is "fine"? I'm sorry guy, but that is the opposite of fine. She is literally too afraid to walk around in her own home, because of your father's actions. She's afraid, and she's not going to tell anyone herself because of that fear. If you do not get someone to help her step up to your father, she's just going to continue being depressed, and eventually she will start self-harming, maybe suicide if it truly doesn't get better.

Trust me on this, things don't get fixed by "not dealing with it". You're going to feel worse, a steady feeling of guilt, because you know you could help her. Tell me, if you're too afraid to fight your dad, how do you think she feels? I guarantee you she's much weaker than you.

[FojeJC]

Well if I was you he'd be in the hospital already but as you can't really fight him, I suggest getting some social services to teach him a lesson. You could tell a counselor at school or someone else who could help.

[Beaker]

I would defiantly suggest speaking to a adult that you know really well, probably your mum if you are close, and if nothing comes out of that then give social services a ring. If it happens again you should defiantly phone the Police or Social Services. But the first thing I would do would be to support your sister. I hope you work something out.

[jessiecox1]

If your mom felt the need to lock your dad downstairs...that's indicates that there's a problem. Has he acted this way before? You should consider telling an adult you trust what happened before he does it again.