Do you think the Jimmy Kimmel candy prank is a good test of the type of kid you have? (spanking, toddler)
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My mom loved to prank us. Not one was painless in our childhoods.
You are dead wrong. I kept a brave face. Try empathy........I know you wont. Too painful
Think what you like honey. You think I know nothing of empathy? Remember that next time everyone is jumping all over you in this forum and I defend you like I have in the past.
I'm not a parent but I always thought this prank was a good indication of how your kid deals with disappointment. Being upset is probably baseline normal, being cool with it is ideal and being violent says that you need to focus on the way they react to things.
How do parents feel about it?
At what point do you want parents to tell the truth?
I think it's terribly cruel. "Pranking" a teen might be different; they're old enough to understand the point of the prank and to maybe "prank" you back later. Doing this to a small child just seems downright cruel.
yeah, but the sad, part is, not all of these kids are teens, and the parents stand there, taping themselves, teasing the kids....
it is down right cruel....I cannot believe they are doing this....? this is where kids learn how to bully...it is actually a behavior that is acted out, taped and laughed at....very unthinking and cruel....I cannot believe adults act like this and treat they're kids like this?
I just am a little surprised that most of the kids are so violently possessive of their candy. Whatever happened to sharing? When my siblings and I were young and trick or treated, we all dumped our candy out to be checked by the adults, swapped amongst ourselves for our favorites, gave mom and dad a few pieces, and then we were allowed a set number of pieces to eat each day. We were expected to police ourselves on eating only the correct amount from the bags which we each kept in our rooms. This was my mom's version of teaching us self-discipline. And, to be honest, there might have been a tiny bit of cheating. After a couple days, I often forgot to eat mine and left it in the back of the closet for months. We just never regarded candy in this greedy way. We never got much candy, but it was no big deal to us.
I agree it seems like a cruel joke, but likely to be forgotten quickly, no permanent damage after revealing it's a joke. I do think that the kids' behavior is not reflective of their character so much as the parenting skills of the adults.
this isn't at all about sharing or swaping, the parents tell the kids that they were hungry and ate ALL their candy while they were sleeping.
Pretty sick prank
I think it's stupid and cruel, and no, it is not a good indication of anything valuable about your child's character.
this to me, is a parents first mistake, and inability to see the future ramifications of this....How to Bully and "Deliberately" hurt others.
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but most of the time you have good replies here soooo ....
