Child Abuse Story From L For My Friend

by L
(Location Undisclosed)

Not abused but I think my friend is: 
I have a friend, I'll call him 'B', and today he told me that his dad is a f****n a*s, and I asked him why. He said that his dad is always swearing at his (B's) mom, and telling her she isn't good for anything, and that he always yells at my friend and calls him worthless and stupid, and he swears at him. My friend's mom doesn't own their house, the dad does, so they can't kick him out, and they can't move away. Lately my friend has been sleeping at a friend's house, but I'm still worried because I know my friend drinks to get away from it all. He cuts himself once in a while, too.

I'm really confused because I want my friend to know that I'm there for him, but I don't want to seem like I'm prying. I don't know if I should offer to let him stay over, because the friend he is staying with right now doesn't know and is getting annoyed, but that would seem weird because I can't tell my parents and my friend is a boy and I'm a girl. I just don't want him to have to go through this, because I can tell it's really hurting him. It's his dad. He can't help but believe some of the things, even if they aren't true.

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