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Watch this little boy act out this argument. This is probably why you used to always hear parents say never argue in front of the kids lol. This is probably the closest we'll get to what actually happened that fateful night...
A cutie tells what she would do if a monster comes to her room. Mind you, she says ASK
tryin to say sock
Originally posted by sykickvision
And we wonder where we went wrong when kids climb on top of buildings with high-powered automatic weapons and unleash a hailstorm of bullets
Originally posted by sykickvision
reply to post by warbird03
Nope. You gotta look deeper than that. Between the lines.
Originally posted by sykickvision
reply to post by warbird03
Contributing factors:
1st Kid: Repeating words he's heard repeated in the same fashion in which they were used. He's heard adults saying "I hate you" and "F***g a**holes" - he may or may not be aware that his words are "deviant" of sorts, but he is receiving a lot of positive reinforcement for his misbehavin' from the camera holders. What I'm seeing here is either a silent adult camera holder, or kids playing with a fairly decent camera which indicates probably lack of supervision, even if temporary.
2nd Kid. This is the one I would worry most about. Intelligent with near perfect memory recollection or from such a constant source of domestic abuse and violence to where he can re-enact the scenario without missing a beat. Old enough to where he knows what is going on, and suffering in the midst of it.
3rd Kid - Receiving positive reinforcement for cursing, the adults laughter. Not a big problem at this stage, since when she discovered it was a "bad word" her face showed shock/remorse and total lack of knowledge that it was "bad".
4th Kid: Just a baby, parroting adults.
The thing about kids is that they think that violence is extremely funny, as long as there is no blood or gore or lasting damage. If you think I'm lying, give a toddler a bat and when he finally hits you with it and you tell him "OW, STOP" - as long as you don't scare him with the words, he'll make a game of it. Positive reinforcement (laughing at them or encouraging) for negative (unwanted) behavior is such a bad thing.
I'm making the assumption that these kids are raised by their parents.
The only ones I can discount as being a "one time event" are the last two.
The first one has other older kids around him to encourage his behavior for their lol's, unless parents intervene and I find it hard to believe that they wouldn't know this movie of their child is on the internet.
The 2nd one is headed for juvie
While none of this explicitly states that they have a future as a mass-murderer, it is paving the way for more extreme acts of deviant behavior in their future.