Hello
Thank you for sending your letter to me. It was a big step to take to begin to explain how things are at home for you and your brother.
I can hear that you’re feeling upset and confused about what happened when your mum shouted at your brother and hit him.
No one ever has a right to hurt you and you both deserve to feel safe at home.
You mentioned that you’re thinking about telling someone else, it’s important to try to tell another adult that you trust, this could be a relative, or a teacher at school.
You asked what you should do, you can call ChildLine and we can help, either sign up to the website to have a 1-2-1 chat or ringing 0800 1111 to speak to a counsellor directly. You could tell the counsellors more about how things are at home and start to think of ways to get support for you both.
I hope you can contact ChildLine when you’re ready.
Take care
Sam