Achildcalledit
...nderstandable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played tortuous games--games that left him, Dave, nearly dead. With only his willpower to survive, Dave learned how to play his mother's disfunctional games in order to survive because she no longer considered Dave a son but a slave, and no longer a boy but The book A Child Called It is about this little boy named dave. Dave's mom beats on him. this is also knowen as child abuse. Dave is not an only child, but his mother only abuses him. She once tried to put his whole body on the burning gas stove but only managed to get his arm accross the stove. an "It."She feeds him just enough to keep him alive. You would think a ten-year-old boy would just give up, but Dave just does wha...