ABSTRACT
I work as a nurse in a large hospital. I really love my job and feel good that I’m helping people in need. Patients tell me all the time they appreciate what I do for them. My supervisors praise my work. My co-workers feel like we work as a team. When I go home, everything changes. My son calls me degrading and insulting names. I’ve never talked like that to him. His father used to say some of the same things to me, but I left him because I didn’t want my son to start saying the same things. I thought my son would respect me for leaving his father since he didn’t like him either. Now when I try to talk to my son about his insults, he threatens me. Sometimes he’ll even punch a wall or break something. I can’t believe he’s doing and saying some of the same things his father did. I thought it would be different at home when his father left. He has just stepped into his father’s shoes.
