My friend has a 7 year old boy with ADD and on Ritalin.
But this little animal has one problem that destines him to a life in
prison if something's not done.
The kid has no ability to feel empathy.
He physically hurts others and just doesn't understand why he gets in
trouble for it.
The other day I did a test with his father in the room.
I held up a 3 x 5 card that had a photograph on one side and was blank
on the other.
I asked the little crumb cruncher to look at both sides of the card.
I then held the blank side of the card in front of his face and asked
him to describe the side of the card I was looking at. At first he
didn't understand what I wanted. So I said, "Your side is blank. What
does my side look like."
He said it was blank.
So I turned the card around so he could see the picture side.
I then asked him to describe the side of the card that only I could
see. He looked at me like I was stupid or something and stated what to
him was the obvious: My side had a picture on it!
His father was dumbstruck and grabbed the card from my hand and
instructed his brat to be serious and tell him what was on the fathers
side of the card while the kid was still looking at the picture, the
kid was close to tears..."the picture daddy" he said.
Dad showed him both sides of the card again, and retested his
offspring. Same result.
My question is this, my friend can't afford a shrink for the kid.
Are there any behavior-modification techniques y'all know that might
help this little SOB learn empathy?
Dad has tried a belt, but junior just laughs about it.
Rewards don't help; the kid hasn't a clue.
Punishments don't work since he doesn't think he's doing anything
wrong.
Is the little rug rat destined to grow into an mean teenager and to
rape some neighbor girl or worse?
Thanx
