Hitting never solves anything, and it's never right. It is abuse, but calling Mom a b*tch is verbal abuse. They both need to go to counseling or they may both end up in Family Court.
Kid deserves more than a black eye he needs a bloody lip and mouth washed out you never call your mom things like that no matter how true it is its called respect he needs to learn some if hes a big enough boy to say that hes big enough to deal with a black eye for it.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.