I haven't even watched it yet but am inclined to believe that stuff like this is cruel. You see videos on Jimmy Kimmel/Jimmy Fallon all the time where parents play tricks like saying they ate all their Halloween candy - just to make the kids cry. I don't get it it all.
I mean, I play jokes on my gf all the time but that's because she finds her own overbearingly nice gullibility funny in itself and undoubtedly enjoys the wit. Making someone cry or terrifying a baby something to scare them for your own reaction is just one of the many self-indulgent things that parents unfortunately do to demonstrate the deistic control of "their" little thing. I don't get it at all and it makes me happy to have not had a kid yet and contributed to the justification of what other parents do when they want to get oblivious and self-righteous as they inevitably will do. I see how much they HATE "being judged" no matter how bad a decision they make and that in itself makes me skeptical of them.
Mean. The poor kids. They are supposed to trust their parents as guardians who would never intentionally do this sort of thing. I agree with Rhythm's comment.
I watched it, and felt bad for the children. Practical jokes should be played on the same age group of the joker, and even then you've got to choose targets carefully. Some people are really sensitive to *whatever* and I'd feel bad really traumatizing an innocent. If it's a payback prank, different story. I haven't done a good joke since college, I think it is a hobby best grown out of. Although once in awhile...
Although, I must admit I did find it kind of funny. Cute child face morphed into a horrible monster? It is humorous from an angle, but I find the situation on a whole to be undesirable and to be avoided. But I can't tell you how to raise your kids.
5 comments:
I haven't even watched it yet but am inclined to believe that stuff like this is cruel. You see videos on Jimmy Kimmel/Jimmy Fallon all the time where parents play tricks like saying they ate all their Halloween candy - just to make the kids cry. I don't get it it all.
I mean, I play jokes on my gf all the time but that's because she finds her own overbearingly nice gullibility funny in itself and undoubtedly enjoys the wit. Making someone cry or terrifying a baby something to scare them for your own reaction is just one of the many self-indulgent things that parents unfortunately do to demonstrate the deistic control of "their" little thing. I don't get it at all and it makes me happy to have not had a kid yet and contributed to the justification of what other parents do when they want to get oblivious and self-righteous as they inevitably will do. I see how much they HATE "being judged" no matter how bad a decision they make and that in itself makes me skeptical of them.
Mean. The poor kids. They are supposed to trust their parents as guardians who would never intentionally do this sort of thing. I agree with Rhythm's comment.
I watched it, and felt bad for the children. Practical jokes should be played on the same age group of the joker, and even then you've got to choose targets carefully. Some people are really sensitive to *whatever* and I'd feel bad really traumatizing an innocent. If it's a payback prank, different story. I haven't done a good joke since college, I think it is a hobby best grown out of. Although once in awhile...
Although, I must admit I did find it kind of funny. Cute child face morphed into a horrible monster? It is humorous from an angle, but I find the situation on a whole to be undesirable and to be avoided. But I can't tell you how to raise your kids.
I now feel badly about making my little sister cry when I would 'steal her nose.' So I say not just mean, but cruel and hateful. (Did not watch vid.)
Give 'em a good scare. Keeps 'em in line.
Post a Comment