Wolf pups are encouraged to start fights and make a whole lot of noise. Human kids? Yeah, not so much. | National Geographic Animals

Tears roll down my cheeks as my father holds me against my bedroom wall by my hair. Striking my face, he splits my lip, and bruises my eye after striking me again. I fall to the floor crying. ‘Please Dad! Stop this, stop hurting me!’ I beg. ‘YOU SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT BEFORE YOU KILLED YOUR MOTHER!’ He shouts. ‘Please Dad! You know it was an accident. I didn't mean for her to die!’ I plead. We stare at eachother with cold consternation. ‘Please Dad! Please forgive me,’ I beg. He looks at