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Little girl scared - Oldsmoboat's law does not apply

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Originally posted by: SpunkyJones
Add me to the list of people who do not find torturing children funny.
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List of People Who Do Not Find Torturing Children Funny:
Mother Theresa
SpunkyJones
 
Idiots...:|

Someone does that to my kid and I'd punch them in the face repeatedly. Doing that to your own kid is reprehensible.
 
Oh my god. That is sooooo wrong, but I could not stop laughing.

"That's not scary, is it? Is it? BLAAAAARRRRGHHHHHH!"
"AIEEEEEEE"

It's a good thing I was already goin' to hell.
 
Originally posted by: Xylitol
Originally posted by: MotionMan
I see why people who do not have or like kids, or see kids as things that are meant to give adults entertainment, would like these videos.

However, I find them very sad since this is probably just a small glimpse into the hell that the kids life is living with those parents.

I understand that there are some kids who like (or love) being scared - these kids do not look like that type.

MotionMan
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They'll all appreciate it when they're older and they got a sense of humor 🙂
I wish my mom did stuff like this to me so I could look back and get a laugh.
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My parents would put everlasing candles on my birthday cakes and my dad would dunk me in the pool. I am glad my parents did not try to trick me and scare the living shit out of me when I was six years old. When you are six, you need to know that you can trust your parents, not be afraid of them.

Quite seriously, that girl may never look at her parents (or computers) the same EVER. And when she gets older, she may not even know why. It is parents like these that keep therapists in business.

MotionMan
 
Originally posted by: destrekor
Originally posted by: MotionMan
I see why people who do not have or like kids, or see kids as things that are meant to give adults entertainment, would like these videos.

However, I find them very sad since this is probably just a small glimpse into the hell that the kids life is living with those parents.

I understand that there are some kids who like (or love) being scared - these kids do not look like that type.

MotionMan
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um.... there are members of my family who have done this type of thing too, and have done it to each others kids (well, not necessarily to the length in the 'the monsterrrr!' video (maybe once or twice, with laughing in between... and no kids here although that means nothing in the end in this case)... but they are all parents who love their children and don't emotionally torture them on a day to day basis. It's called having a little fun and interacting with your kids a little differently. Gives the kids a little fun even though they don't know it yet. 😉

Hell, I was watching rated R slasher flicks and horror movies by time I turned 9 or 10... I'm neither traumatized nor an ax murderer. Although psychologists would love to delve into my mind, it's not due to anything I may have been exposed to during adolescence or my youngin' years. 😛
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So your mental make up just showed up automagically when you turned 18? I think not.

Hell, my aunt has a bribing photo of when they pulled down my swimmin shorts and snapped a photo of my bare ass. Was embarrassed as hell at the time (early teen years me thinks) but now I wouldn't care and would laugh it off.
I think in the end it just helps kids grow up in all honesty. Might make them start thinkin about how real (read: imagined) all the 'scary' things really are... if not now, maybe some time down the road, possibly earlier than they normally would have.

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Or it may make them think that something scary is lurking around every corner, even when they are with (or emanating from) the people they expect to protect them the most.

It makes for a pretty messed up childhood if you cannot trust your parents to not use you for their entertainment.

MotionMan
 
I was around that age when I watched aliens. You think that is scary? Try getting to sleep when you just saw something burst out of a some dudes chest. I was afraid of face huggers longer than I believed in Santa.
 
Flipping hilarious. I'd do that to my kid all day if I had one. Fuck this whole "be nice to the kid while he kicks and screams and I put money away for college that won't happen"... might as well enjoy the kid while they still don't know their rights.
 
Originally posted by: MotionMan
I see why people who do not have or like kids, or see kids as things that are meant to give adults entertainment, would like these videos.

However, I find them very sad since this is probably just a small glimpse into the hell that the kids life is living with those parents.

I understand that there are some kids who like (or love) being scared - these kids do not look like that type.

MotionMan
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Just because your philosophy with raising children is one thing doesn't make your philosophy the correct one.

I for one firmly believe that when raising a daughter you should try to be tough at times so she doesn't grow up to be so emotionally brittle. Girls as a whole are pampered and nurtured entirely too much and the spoiled princess attitude is entirely too abundant these days. I can see it in girls my age and the spoiled pampered princess parenting style has only gotten more out of control.

I don't know if scaring her in this manner was a good thing, but arguments can be made for both sides. Kind of like when it comes to hitting your kids too, I'm sure your not the type that would - I personally think the whole world has gone PC crazy. And yet the same people who have pushed to make it wrong to hit your kids are the same people who are crying that violent videogames and guns are why our society is so violent. I think those people are retarded, Dillon Klebold's parents are a prime example. If that kids dad had pulled his belt just once, who knows what would have changed.
 
Originally posted by: AMDZen
Originally posted by: MotionMan
I see why people who do not have or like kids, or see kids as things that are meant to give adults entertainment, would like these videos.

However, I find them very sad since this is probably just a small glimpse into the hell that the kids life is living with those parents.

I understand that there are some kids who like (or love) being scared - these kids do not look like that type.

MotionMan
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Just because your philosophy with raising children is one thing doesn't make your philosophy the correct one.

I for one firmly believe that when raising a daughter you should try to be tough at times so she doesn't grow up to be so emotionally brittle. Girls as a whole are pampered and nurtured entirely too much and the spoiled princess attitude is entirely too abundant these days. I can see it in girls my age and the spoiled pampered princess parenting style has only gotten more out of control.

I don't know if scaring her in this manner was a good thing, but arguments can be made for both sides. Kind of like when it comes to hitting your kids too, I'm sure your not the type that would - I personally think the whole world has gone PC crazy. And yet the same people who have pushed to make it wrong to hit your kids are the same people who are crying that violent videogames and guns are why our society is so violent. I think those people are retarded, Dillon Klebold's parents are a prime example. If that kids dad had pulled his belt just once, who knows what would have changed.
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THANK YOU
i hate girls who think the world is their pet and cry when people tell them that they look chubby in a dress when they ask for an honest opinion
 
Originally posted by: Xylitol
Originally posted by: AMDZen
Originally posted by: MotionMan
I see why people who do not have or like kids, or see kids as things that are meant to give adults entertainment, would like these videos.

However, I find them very sad since this is probably just a small glimpse into the hell that the kids life is living with those parents.

I understand that there are some kids who like (or love) being scared - these kids do not look like that type.

MotionMan
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Just because your philosophy with raising children is one thing doesn't make your philosophy the correct one.

I for one firmly believe that when raising a daughter you should try to be tough at times so she doesn't grow up to be so emotionally brittle. Girls as a whole are pampered and nurtured entirely too much and the spoiled princess attitude is entirely too abundant these days. I can see it in girls my age and the spoiled pampered princess parenting style has only gotten more out of control.

I don't know if scaring her in this manner was a good thing, but arguments can be made for both sides. Kind of like when it comes to hitting your kids too, I'm sure your not the type that would - I personally think the whole world has gone PC crazy. And yet the same people who have pushed to make it wrong to hit your kids are the same people who are crying that violent videogames and guns are why our society is so violent. I think those people are retarded, Dillon Klebold's parents are a prime example. If that kids dad had pulled his belt just once, who knows what would have changed.
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THANK YOU
i hate girls who think the world is their pet and cry when people tell them that they look chubby in a dress when they ask for an honest opinion
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Hah wait until you get a daughter. Let's see if you can treat her anything other than a princess.
 
Originally posted by: JS80
Originally posted by: Xylitol
Originally posted by: AMDZen
Originally posted by: MotionMan
I see why people who do not have or like kids, or see kids as things that are meant to give adults entertainment, would like these videos.

However, I find them very sad since this is probably just a small glimpse into the hell that the kids life is living with those parents.

I understand that there are some kids who like (or love) being scared - these kids do not look like that type.

MotionMan
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Just because your philosophy with raising children is one thing doesn't make your philosophy the correct one.

I for one firmly believe that when raising a daughter you should try to be tough at times so she doesn't grow up to be so emotionally brittle. Girls as a whole are pampered and nurtured entirely too much and the spoiled princess attitude is entirely too abundant these days. I can see it in girls my age and the spoiled pampered princess parenting style has only gotten more out of control.

I don't know if scaring her in this manner was a good thing, but arguments can be made for both sides. Kind of like when it comes to hitting your kids too, I'm sure your not the type that would - I personally think the whole world has gone PC crazy. And yet the same people who have pushed to make it wrong to hit your kids are the same people who are crying that violent videogames and guns are why our society is so violent. I think those people are retarded, Dillon Klebold's parents are a prime example. If that kids dad had pulled his belt just once, who knows what would have changed.
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THANK YOU
i hate girls who think the world is their pet and cry when people tell them that they look chubby in a dress when they ask for an honest opinion
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Hah wait until you get a daughter. Let's see if you can treat her anything other than a princess.
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That's why I'm praying that little Y-guys can beat out my little X's
 
Originally posted by: AMDZen
Dillon Klebold's parents are a prime example. If that kids dad had pulled his belt just once, who knows what would have changed.
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He would have whipped people before shooting them?
 
Originally posted by: sirjonk
Originally posted by: AMDZen
Dillon Klebold's parents are a prime example. If that kids dad had pulled his belt just once, who knows what would have changed.
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He would have whipped people before shooting them?
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I'm not saying it would of mattered for sure. There are different philosophies of course, some people believe that a person will turn out one way more because of genetics then their environment and the way they were raised. Niether is right or wrong 100%, Hilter could of been raised as an orphan by Jews and still of grown up to hate them and seek to destroy them, who knows. I think that was a twilight zone episode BTW.

Any way, my point is that there are different philosophies when raising children and one way isn't necessarily better then another. The unfortunate thing is a parent should and have always had the choice to pull that belt or not. Now, they don't really have that choice anymore. I for one know how bad of a kid I was for a long time there, and I honestly believe that if my dad hadn't pulled his belt a few times then I might not of changed so much for the better. No way to know now, but I am thankful for it and would raise my kids the same way
 
Originally posted by: AMDZen
Originally posted by: MotionMan
I see why people who do not have or like kids, or see kids as things that are meant to give adults entertainment, would like these videos.

However, I find them very sad since this is probably just a small glimpse into the hell that the kids life is living with those parents.

I understand that there are some kids who like (or love) being scared - these kids do not look like that type.

MotionMan
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Just because your philosophy with raising children is one thing doesn't make your philosophy the correct one.

I for one firmly believe that when raising a daughter you should try to be tough at times so she doesn't grow up to be so emotionally brittle. Girls as a whole are pampered and nurtured entirely too much and the spoiled princess attitude is entirely too abundant these days. I can see it in girls my age and the spoiled pampered princess parenting style has only gotten more out of control.

I don't know if scaring her in this manner was a good thing, but arguments can be made for both sides. Kind of like when it comes to hitting your kids too, I'm sure your not the type that would - I personally think the whole world has gone PC crazy. And yet the same people who have pushed to make it wrong to hit your kids are the same people who are crying that violent videogames and guns are why our society is so violent. I think those people are retarded, Dillon Klebold's parents are a prime example. If that kids dad had pulled his belt just once, who knows what would have changed.
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I assume you see the difference between hitting your kids when they are being bad (like my dad did with his belt) and scaring the crap out of a six year old girl who only wanted to play a new video game.

I can understand how people disagree on disciplining children, but scaring them like that is just using them as a means of adult entertainment.

And, no, I do not believe it makes them tougher or less likely to be a princess. I think all it does is give them nightmares and no one to turn to when they need someone to trust.

MotionMan
 
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