PATTY DUKE & SEAN ASTIN "Please Don't Hit Me, Mom" Pt. 5/5 1981

[andrewcolinwilson1]

I love the PSA at the end. It's really something to keep in mind.

[JPPT1974]

@andrewcolinwilson1 The PSA is from Childhelp USA, that is the leader in child abuse awareness.

[luvnovelas08]

Thanks! Nancy is a great actress.

[thenamesjane]

Social workers don't help families. They just take the childern away and most of the time never give them back. Instead of paying someone else to keep them, SS should help the parents.

[HunterJumperGal91]

@thenamesjane Guess again. The system still favors the birth parents. I'm not saying all social workers are bad but my aunt and uncle were foster parents for CPS for a good 5 or 6 years and every kid that came through our family went right back to their parents, most that shouldn't have. The first kids they had over a year. The little boy was so young when we got him, he didn't know any parents but my aunt & uncle. Their dad was pulled over going over 80 on the freeway at night under the

[HunterJumperGal91]

influence of drugs w/ their 1-year-old in the back seat & a week before they were supposed to get their kids back that they supposedly loved so much they didn't even have beds for them. When they came the little girl was almost wild. She was almost 2, almost completely non-verbal, lashed out, & wouldn't let anyone close to her. By the time they were snatched away she was the happiest most loving kid I've ever known. The little boy would cry every time he had to go on visits. Tell me that's fair.

[solitarydot]

@thenamesjane Watching Lifetime movies does not make you an expert on SS.

[SilverDoe6]

Corny ending.

[Firegirlable]

I wonder if that old number still works

[0o0GreenDay0o037]

the end sucks a bit.

[snuggs208]

ahh lame ending!

[absue]

I agree. She might have said and done what they showed, but later reverted right back to being abusive. Habits aren't changed that quickly or easily.

[HUSKY57887]

Sort of a dumb ending-ll of a sudden everythings like,"And they all lived happily ever after";trust me,it does'nt work that way. Nancy should have filed chages after being asulted.

[MrJayBBluejay]

@HUSKY57887 I wished that after Patty Duke hit Nancy McKeon in that scene, that Nancy would have done what her "Facts of Life" character Jo would have done and knocked her across the room.

[andrewcolinwilson1]

@MrJayBBluejay Yeah and say, how do you like being hit back, lady?

[CupisHomines]

She's got the classic NY/Philli accent.