i just can’t figure this out. i have been nothing but kind to this kid, and tried my absolute hardest to be a supportive parent to his mother but all that happens is pain. we moved into this house together, and he brought home calling me “stupid (name)” from school. “stupid me” all day, every day, first thing i hear in the morning and the last thing he says to me every night. i know he is five and he doesn’t understand, i know he just wants his mom and her attention and i can’t give him that. beyond the hurtful words now he is just comfortable hitting me. drawing blood scratching my face, punching, destroying things. and all that i can do is bear it. she tells him to go into his room but it never helps and he always just keeps hitting. i try every day. i’ve tried being kind. i have left with i get hit, i have let him get it out of his system, but it keeps going. she doesn’t discipline him, it just keeps going. my heart is broken and a five year old did it.