good parenting

[drewblood]

http://www.youtube.com/p.swf?video_i...kKGxaol4qwsurl

[Umbilical Lotus]

This is one reason I should never be a parent. That was the funniest thing I've seen today.

[Geist42]

That is fucking badass!

[TheQuietPlace]

hahahahaha.

[Eva:Gina]

ha ha

stupid yokel fat boy

[Bondage Clown]

WOw... and I thought it was funny when I scared the hiccoughs out of the children..

It is always better to be slow and maniacal that to loud and fast

[Toe Cutter]

funny

[Pull~My~Hair]

so mean...I feel sorry for him lol...poor kid, he was so sad.....
maybe that why I am a parent lol I guess Im the only one here with a soul...

[Toe Cutter]

so mean...I feel sorry for him lol...poor kid, he was so sad.....
maybe that why I am a parent lol I guess Im the only one here with a soul...

HaHaHa

[Jasperino]

Is anybody here gonna hate me when I say we did this but with that crazy car commercial?

[inox]

Bah! It's not harmful to scare a kid like that. They aren't that fragile.

[Evilbink]

Kid was such a drama queen. Get over it ya brat, it wasn't that scary.

I thought it was pretty damned funny. Not to mention I have done worse to my kids (all in good fun).

[funkatron]

Bah! It's not harmful to scare a kid like that. They aren't that fragile.

What can "harm" a person varies a lot. Upbringing varies dramatically from situation to situation. I don't think we should assume that the kid was overreacting -- it looked like legitimate fear and upset to me. Whether it will be a long-term problem is determined in part by how the adults in his life comfort him. The fact that they continued to film him crying kinda doesn't give me a lot of hope, but....

I cried a lot as a kid, and scared kinda easy. People often gave me shit about it or told me it "wasn't a big deal." This didn't help.

I'm overly sensitive to this kind of thing because of my childhood experience, so don't necessarily take it as typical. But some kids just are a little more fragile/a little more emotional, and I guess I wish we could be a little more sympathetic to them and cut them a little slack when they need it.

Edit: plus, I have a son, and I've heard him cry just like that, so it made it kinda hard to watch. He probably wouldn't have gotten so freaked out by this, though -- he's a tough kid.

[Belladonna]

Is anybody here gonna hate me when I say we did this but with that crazy car commercial?

that was fun we should do it again. but we have to wait because they exspect it now. i think doing crap like that makes them stronger.