He had been hurting his wife for years. But one sentence from his six-year-old son finally broke him. That Sunday morning, another argument turned violent. As usual, he started hitting his wife. Then his little boy grabbed a hairdryer, pointed it at his dad, and screamed through his tears: Daddy, stop! If you touch my mom again, I’ll shoot you! The room went silent. The man looked at his son, then at his terrified wife, and suddenly saw himself through his child’s eyes. He broke down, hugged his son, and apologized to his wife. He promised it would never happen again. And according to my sister, it never did. Imagine the amount of pain and trauma that little boy must have carried. No child should ever have to witness or feel responsible for protecting a parent from violence.