Yeah, it really is. I know I am supposed to be helping the parents as well as the children, to put the family back together, but that is harder than I can tell you when every time you look at them all you can think of is "these people belong in jail." A lot of times in these abuse cases, it is one parent or the other, or more often, a live in, and the situation can be addressed by removing the offender, but in this case, not only is there a dumb*ss mother who is covering her husband's worthless *ss, but it is becoming more evident every day that she has been abusing the children too.
This where those who make the rules need to open their eyes and realize that in some cases .. while trying to keep a family together they end up hurting the children even more.
There are parents that really do love their kids but just need a little help
Then there are others who should just be thrown in jail and not allowed near their kids.
Sounds like these parent fall in the jail category