At what point would you intervene, if at all.

[LimeSlice]

Um ... hitting them over the heads with books? And you didn't say anything? Not sure I would say that was "well done".
Damn right I would say something. I would have taken that book off him so quick it would make your head spin, and he would have been damn lucky if I didn't call the police.

[onthefly]

er. wow. hitting kids over the head with a book is not cool.

[Kazzo]

I don't think that even if the babies had been toads all day that that is any excuse for the father to be hitting them over the head with hard books and for dragging them around. If he will do that to his babies with people around I shudder to imagine what he would do in private. I would have said something and I would have gone to the church head afterwards as well.