Dr Phil shook hands with the step dad and made a agreement that the step dad wouldn't leave the mom alone with the kids anymore until an intervention is setup. First of all, the step dad is also abusing the kids with the stick and his boots. I seen the clip of the son pleading for his mom to stop, begging for her to stop and she just kept on hitting him, hurting him. I am wondering where the real father of these kids are? If that had been me and my husband was on tape abusing my son or daughters, Dr. Phil would have to hold me off of him. I see the mom and step dad as bullies that pick on innocent children. I don't believe that them kids should go home with these people. I pray that they do NO more harm to these kids. I DO believe that someone should call the CPS on these parents, if they lived by me and I knew this was going on I wouldn't hesitate to call on them. My heart goes out to these kids and I am hoping that this step dad steps up and protects these kids and stop letting this "mom" hurt the kids. If Dr Phil doesn't call CPS, I pray that a teacher saw the show and the school does call them.