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Have you folks seen this yet?
I CANNOT decide what I think about it.
My thoughts go in a spiral like this as I watch this video:
1. What a terrible video. WHY WOULD YOU MAKE YOUR KID CRY LIKE THAT?
2. Cpme to think of it, I can totally see myself or PH casually announcing “by the way, I ate all your candy today. Hope that’s ok,” to Owl in later years when he arrives home from school.
3. The thing is, I am also pretty sure that Owl would get hit by lines like this a lot, and would totally not take us seriously.
4. Especially since Owl should know that we would never be so cruel to him.
5. So maybe the really cruel thing is that these kids don’t TRUST their parents enough, if they actually believe their parents so quickly.
6. Then again, in what world does belief equal distrust? Am I really claiming here that Owl would TRUST us enough to ASSUME that we were LYING?
7. Seriously, how old are some of these kids? After a certain age, tantrums like these are totally unacceptable. I could see arguments, where the kids explain how hard they worked to gather that candy and why it was totally unnacceptable for their parents to steal it…
8. Like this kid. Hey, here’s one with sense. Way to go, kiddo, I like your attitude.
9. Aw, and you’re sweet to your little brother, too! I hope Owl ends up being as smart/arodable as you some day.
10. What a great video.
My biggest problem with this video is that it gives me traumatic flashbacks to an old childhood memory:
We were in line at the grocery store. Hanging on the impulse items rack was THE BIGGEST COOKIE YOU EVER SAW. It was the size of a dinner plate. It was awesome. I wanted it. Of course I wanted it.
And here’s the thing – my mother ACTUALLY SAID I COULD HAVE IT. My mother did not buy me impulse items. Ever. No candy, no sugary cereals. The grocery store was for her boring food purchases, not junk for me.
But this time was different. She said I could put it on the conveyor and I did.
I was bursting with unbelievable joy.
And then? When we got to the cash, the cashier just went and ATE MY COOKIE.
I started to protest and my mother shushed me, pointing out that we hadn’t paid for it yet and it was the cashier’s RIGHT to eat my cookie. So I stood there in horror and watched that terrible woman wolf down MY COOKIE.
I woke up with tears streaming down my face.
It was one of only three dreams I have ever had in my life that I woke up crying from.
When I tried to share my terrible dream with my mother, I felt that she did not fully appreciate the tragedy therein. She even seemed AMUSED!
Parents are heartless bunch, aren’t they?
So even while I’m laughing at these kids’ melodramatic reactions, I am remembering the four year old who cried over a fictitious cookie.
I also really hate videos of people being cruel to kids for fun.
Videos like this. I hate that video, because the kid did as he was told and was punished for it. That’s terrible.
So why do I find redeeming features in this one?
Well, I guess because I feel like the key to a good practical joke is a happy ending. That’s why it’s fun to tell the kids you’re going to Hawaii without them and then spring a surprise Disneyworld trip on them instead, but it’s NOT fun to tell them they’re going to Disneyworld and then tell them it was a lie.
Assuming that these parents didn’t ACTUALLY eat the candy, these stories all had happy endings, and the kids probably learned a good lesson in getting dramatic over something before you have checked all the facts.
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agreed, the one dad that actually ate the candy I wanted to smack, but I also wanted to reach into the screen and hug the two at the end “it’s actually 4 but you were so close buddy” sooooo sweet! I also love that mom got chided for being sneaky and told about how a belly ache was coming her way.
I’m sorry I love it. I have no sympathy for children that throw bloody hissy fits and disrespect their parents – nor do I have any sympathy for the sense of entitlement I see in young people today.
Grateful that I have a child that goes through his candy and gives me half of his reese’s because it’s not only his favourite candy, it’s also mine. He’s a keeper!
I hope Owl is like that someday. I take heart in the fact that he LOVES to feed me food off of his tray. He’ll pick up a piece of food, catch my eye, hold it out to me and say “aaaaaah!” to get me to open my mouth.
How freaking cute is that?
You should have seen him yesterday, on my back in the ergo, saying “aaaaah” and trying to get a french fry into my mouth by reaching over my shoulder. I had to turn in the most bizarre contortions to gratify the little wretch :p
I love the kids at the end too! That’s the kind of attitude to take!
“You’re probably going to get a belly ache”. TOO AWESOME.
I watched this video this morning too…I didn’t know how I felt about it then and I still can’t put into words how I feel about it now. If I did something like that to Kylie, she’d more than likely shrug and tell me that she knew better. I feel SORRY for these kids, but I don’t know WHY exactly. And yes, I have to agree that most of those children were way too old to be throwing temper tantrums like the ones viewed on video.
We’re all about trust in this household. In fact, so much so that Kylie’s Halloween candy sits in the shopping bag on the floor of the dining room. Kylie has all the opportunity to take what she wants to, and yet she doesn’t. We trust one another. And that’s my problem with this video – these parents are getting a reaction out of the kids because they are betraying the trust their kids have in them. It doesn’t matter that it’s about candy – what matters is that these kids trusted their parents (and were given no other alternative) to keep their things safe, and their parents mock them with that. It’s cruel.
Yes, I think it’s not the prank itself that is so cruel so much as the fact that there is enough lack of trust in these households that the kids believed that their parents would do such a thing! I would have known my parents were lying.
Certainly an interesting video. I’m just surprised at their reactions. Some of them really need to chill and stop being so obsessed with sweets. The younger kids, sure, I can see why they’d start crying, but the older ones as well? Maybe they feel so upset because it’s something they’ve worked for (“I dressed up like a goshdarn idiot and I don’t even get to reap the reward?!”) … or just that they simply haven’t learned to deal with setbacks. Bodes well for the future, doesn’t it? Not like it’s a breeding ground for narcissism or anything. That’s why I like the kids at the end. Kudos to their parents for having raised some level-headed children who seem to be less obsessed with “me and what’s mine”. The kid who beats the wall … he needs some anger management counselling or something.
Cruel thing to do, though. At least to film it. If we were parents, I really couldn’t guarantee we’d never do the same thing (although in all likelihood, not filming it), but then it would definitely be followed up by “sorry darling, we’re only kidding” and give them a big hug if they got upset. Or just not get them hooked on sugar in the first place, that’s another option …
I’ve seen this floating around facebook, but didn’t watch it. Seems too cruel to me. (I also hated “Go the F*** to Sleep”, which was also posted ad nauseum on FB, so I might have a pre-judgement there. 😉 )