"A child called It" book report by, Jessica Salyer

The book I read was " A child called it", by Dave Pelzer.
I can't even believe the pain this child went through. How can someone be so cruel to treat his or her child this way? I am surprised that David even survived after being beat, burned, starved and suffocated by fumes that are severely deadly.
If it were me, I don't think that I would be able to keep going. Society has placed such an emphasis on child abuse these days and it is well deserved. People like David's mother have serious things wrong with them mentally. I don't understand why she didn't treat the other children the way sh…