Would you have liked to have grown up with the main character? Why or why not?

I am currently reading A Child Called It  by Dave Pelzer. This book is about the troubles he went through as a young boy. He is brutally beaten and punished from his mother every single day.
Even though all of this occurs, I still think I would have liked to grow up with him. Not because I think he had a good childhood, but because I might have the chance to help him. I would have told the teachers at school about what his mother was really doing to him. That way I could get evidence for the authorities to know what is really going on. That way maybe David would have a chance to leave the environment that he lived in and find a truly happy family he could have a real childhood with.