abusive mothers

Today I was watching the steve wilkos show. I was absolutely appalled at what I saw. A young girl, about 18 years old, was there to confront her mother. She had grown up with 11 brothers and sisters. Her mom would stab her with scissors, tie her to a chair with duct tape and smack her around, make her dig from garbage cans at 4 in the morning.
She moved out of her moms house at the age of 14, and moved in with her father. She automatically started working, and she's been on her own since the age of 15. Now she has taken in her little brother as well. She doesn't want him to be subjected to the kind of abuse that she grew up with.
Of course her mother blamed everything on her; said that she was always running away, and was uncontrollable. I don't care what your child does. There is absolutely no excuse to throw cigarettes at your child, tie your child to a duct tape, or anything of that matter.
But what surprises me in all of these cases, is that even after all the abuse that these children go through, all they want is to be accepted and loved by their parents.
I admit, My mother and I didn't have that great of a relationship from when I was 12-17. I wasn't out of control, but I wasn't really a good kid. I shoplifted, I talked to older guys online. Given my Grandmother was accusing me of having sex at the age of 12, I didn't even have my first real boyfriend until I was 17. I had a peeping Tom, and my grandmother actually had the audacity to tell my Mother that the Peeping Tom was my boyfriend or something. She actually went so far as to put up a wooden gate around my window. It was completely absurd.
But anyways, my Mom and I get along great now. I've actually thanked her for keeping me on such a tight leash. I had my share of freedom when I was 18 and I moved out of her house. It wasn't a good thing. I learned my lesson.

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