I want to add that my sister was very beautiful, great figure, brown skin, long brown hair, looked like an indian princess, even though we are Italian and Irish. My sister always chose to be with older men and they would buy her expensive things. My nephew's father was her best friends Dad. Yeah, when you look up dysfunctional, that was my family. So...My sister would create reasons to beat me up, telling me that my mom would never believe me, or if she did believe me then she would move out. I knew if she moved out the baby was in mortal danger. By the age of about 2 she started being horrible to him too. At one point when he was younger, about 18 months I had on a dress with kittens printed on it. My mom had made it for me and I could not get the zipper down in the back, it was stuck. My sister took a set of shears and violently ripped and cut the dress off me, I cried silently as crying set her off more. She cut me and my mom found out and my sister moved out. I cried and cried for days. Finally my Mom pleaded with her to move back in as I was actually getting sick. I was so worried about the baby. After that my mom told me to tell her if anything was done to hurt me. However, my sister said that if I told she would beat her son. That was always the threat that put the fear into me. My sister would give him a bath and he would be screaming and I would hear him gurgle as she was holding his head under the water. So....I started and never stopped bathing him, it was my job. When she would go on a violent rant it was always when we were alone, meaning her, me and my nephew. She never spanked him, she would hit him in the head. I was about 10 when I did something not to her liking and she said, "Now that you did that, I am going to beat him". I took a dog leash hanging on the hinge on the outside of the hall closet and swung it so hard across the back of her legs right as she was going for him. She definately changed her target. She welted me all over, I had to wear clothing to cover as my mother would surely have put her out of the house. I am going to continue this later or tomorrow.