I am white, and my wife is Asian (Korean) and was raised in a strict Christian home who was frequently verbally and physically abused by her parents for the most infinitesimal infractions (getting Bs on report cards, coming home late, et cetera). It passed on to her -- as she gets angry very easily and not afraid to show it.

So our 7 year old daughter came home with her report card today, and my wife started pulling on her hair and spat on her in the face for getting two Bs in English and Geography. When she started to cry, my wife slapped her, saying that she was useless, and how much she regretted not getting a son and whatnot.

I started yelling at my wife, saying that she was a bright kid and still young, and she did the same for me: slapped me on the face and kicked me - and now I have a bruise. I'm getting very tired of this nonsense; before, I'd tell her to go ahead and hit me if it made her feel better, but now, she's going way too far. My daughter doesn't need to take this kind of abuse.

What should I do? I remember taking my daughter out of the home for rest of that day to get her ice cream and try to help her heal the emotional wounds caused on her by my wife, and she was telling me, "I hate Mommy. I wish she would die."

I am living with a literal monster in the house, and now, she's brooding my daughter to become one as well. What should I do?