Talk to your mom about it . Listen to her. Provide her some information about various options and resources that are available to her but let her make the final decisions as she will be the one that be affected the most by them. Also, you do not want to destroy your relationship with both parents or worse...be blamed by either one of them for interfering in their lives.

Make sure you put all contracts in writing in case of further breaches.

Be supportive of your mom and watch closely, this kind of abuse did not just begin with this incident.

Are you aware that MANY spouses who physically abuse their wife or S/O end up putting them in the hospital or morgue ? After the 1st assult; it is time to pack up and split up ... as it will get more frequent and more severe each time ... You need to talk and be supportive with your mother ... Maybe the two of you can get a place together and let the abuser get HELP or live by himself ... +5

Domestic violence occurs no matter what the education or monetary means are. Talk to your mom about it. More importantly talk to you're dad. If you are afraid of what might happen if you talk to or confront him about it, do it in a public place.

If all of you have college degrees and careers, then your dad absolutely ought to know better then to do what he did. It shows how true it is that domestic violence can happen to all regardless of status. I believe the entire family should seek counseling. All of you need to make sure nothing like this ever happens again. If dad will not go, then you and your mom should go. I know you all live together. I think you and your mom may have to consider moving out, though. I wish all of you the best. +5

You may not like the answer I give you but this is how I honestly feel. Both of you need to leave or get him to leave the house. Mom needs to get a divorce. All you have to do is give her love and support. And your dad deserves to get his ass whooped. Any man who hits on his girlfriend or wife is NOT a man.

You warn him that you wont be just sitting around and keeping shut the next time around that happens whether it be calling the authorities or kicking him out. Mk sure he understands the level of seriousness that comes with this warning.

If your mother is unwilling to confront the issue there is little you can do beyond telling your father you won't be a silent witness to anymore abuse. Sad as it is, you can't make them change. So if it's something your father chooses to do and something your mother chooses to tolerate there is only one person left to make their choice. You. And the choice is do you stay or do you go.

I hope this was not done in front of you. You should talk to your dad let him know that this is your mom he is hurting and it makes you feel very angry with him. Ask him how he would feel if a guy would hit you. Then, that's all you can or should do. This is between two adults. Your mom has to be the one who stays in this relationship or gets out. The next step would be for you to perhaps move out, either with other family members or on your own. The last thing you need is to be in the middle of this, they are BOTH your parents. Abuse happens to all types of people money and careers has nothing to do with an abusive person. I hope your mom decides to get away from him for awhile, until things can get resolved. But again, you need to get away from this. I know you want to protect your mom but she is an adult and the door works both ways.

There are several things you could do, and I advocate ALL of them: 1. Smack him in the face with a solid-steel baseball bat. 2. Throw sulphuric acid in his eyes. 3. Push him onto the subway tracks, just as the train is approaching. 4. Introduce him to "the joys of anal sex" with either a chainsaw, a parking meter, or a Roto-Rooter®. 5. Hire someone to take him to a "deserted area" to "teach him a lesson," then leave him there to die. 6. Spit in his face, or dump a bucket of urine over his head. 7. Have a prostitute publicly accuse him of raping her. 8. Beat him up so badly, that he will have to use a colostomy bag, for the remainder of his natural life. 9. Sign him up for membership in the Ku Klux Klan, then have someone inform the FBI and the NAACP that he's a member. 10. Have him arrested for battery on your mother. 11. Help your mother divorce him. 12. Put small amounts of cocaine in his coffee, so he fails a drug test. 13. Plant illegal drugs in his car, then "fink" on him for being an illegal drug trafficker, so he gets arrested and jailed. 14. Publicly accuse him of sexually abusing YOU. Use self-hypnosis to convince yourself that he DID do that, so you'll pass a polygraph examination. 15. Print up and distribute flyers all around your neightborhood (and at his workplace) informing folks that "there is a horrible wife-beater in your midst." 14. Give ALL of his credit card numbers and PINs to panhandlers. When he gets new credit card numbers, do the same thing all over again. And lastly, remember this adage, always: "Assassination is ALWAYS an option." +5

This hasn't been the first time your father abused mother.The best advice I can tell you is please be there for your mom.Don't preach to her on what she should do,she knows.Just be there for her.You should read on domestic abuse,you will learn what to do for your loved ones.It doesn't matter if you come from good family,domestic abuse affects alot of people.Your mother needs to know that you stand by her and slowly she will let you help her out of this.