Thanks for sharing this. I'm sure we've all had some sort of these feelings at one time or another. I've worked in family medicine for 6 years and has recently transferred to pediatrics department. Texas worst I've seen is an xray of a 10wk old baby with multiple fractures at different healing stages. Almost every single rib has been broken more than once. It made me so sad, I wanted to take the baby from them. I dit understand how anyone could hurt a child so innocent the like that. When I saw the parents, I felt bad for the them too. Now I never found out if it was the parents that hurt the baby as when the doctor told the dad he started crying and said his mom used to beat him as a kid and he's afraid his mom is beating his baby. I dont know if that's all true or not but the baby was taken away by paramedics to be admitted to the hospital and was later taken by social services. In my short nursing career, I have seen both adults and children abused by family members. It's sad that in reality it is those around a person that hurts him/her the most. And even though nursing has some very depressing situations, there are also happy endings that make this career so rewarding. I have recently seen a 6 month old baby who was brought in my foster dad and just watching the dad interact with the baby restores my belief in humanity