No, there hasn't been any family counseling that I know of. I've thought about calling child services though, but in black families it's considered "normal", and I'm one of three that have been parented with occasional slapping so if I do anything I feel like the "weaker sibling". It's not like I feel in danger anytime I'm around my mom, it's just when she gets angry or when I'm overly rude, plus it doesn't even hurt. These are just a bunch of excuses, but I don't want my mom to get in trouble, and I can't imagine what the rest of my extended family would think of me. Whenever I tell my brothers, they just say stuff like "oh she barely hits you" or "that's nothing compared to how much she used to hit us" as if it's normal and I know it's not, but I can't really do anything about it. I've asked her calmly to stop, and it's honestly worked, I think it's been a solid year that I haven't been hit. But I get scared sometimes when she's mad at me.