so my nephew, who is 3 and half years old, said something that bothered me a great deal today.
Well, let me get into the back story a bit. He has a baby sister who is about 3 months old now (and who is cute as hell, btw). He's jealous, but this started far before that. He's always been the bad kid at his "school". He's been sent home three times, his parents have been called on numerous occasions and he's made more kids cry than any doctor ever could.
On the plus side, he's honestly the smartest kid I have ever known. At 2 years old, you could have full conversations with him and he'd answer back without any problem with the language at all. He's very perceptive. There really is no fooling him. To top it off, he has an imagination beyond that of most kids his age. Being that his last name really is GUMP, I can say this to him: "You're a God damned genius, Gump!"
So the problem came today when I was playing with him and he got nasty and started being mean to me. You'll have to understand at this point that I am his favorite person in the world. So I sit him down and want to talk with him. I do it all in a playful way so he doesn't feel like he's in trouble.
Me: Ryan, why are you mean to people?
Him: Because I don't want them to be around.
Me: Why not, don't you want to play with them?
Him: No, I don't like them.
Him: I want to be a bad person.
Me: A bad person? Why do you want to be a bad person?
Him: If I'm bad, I get to go to mama.
That, coupled with the fact that he has repeatedly said he wants to smash his sister's head in, is quite frightening.
He's capable of so much. He's such a smart kid with one great imagination. I hope he doesn't become a bad person like he wants to be. The world needs good, smart, creative people, otherwise all hope is lost.
What do you think about it all? Am I over-reacting?
Well, let me get into the back story a bit. He has a baby sister who is about 3 months old now (and who is cute as hell, btw). He's jealous, but this started far before that. He's always been the bad kid at his "school". He's been sent home three times, his parents have been called on numerous occasions and he's made more kids cry than any doctor ever could.
On the plus side, he's honestly the smartest kid I have ever known. At 2 years old, you could have full conversations with him and he'd answer back without any problem with the language at all. He's very perceptive. There really is no fooling him. To top it off, he has an imagination beyond that of most kids his age. Being that his last name really is GUMP, I can say this to him: "You're a God damned genius, Gump!"
So the problem came today when I was playing with him and he got nasty and started being mean to me. You'll have to understand at this point that I am his favorite person in the world. So I sit him down and want to talk with him. I do it all in a playful way so he doesn't feel like he's in trouble.
Me: Ryan, why are you mean to people?
Him: Because I don't want them to be around.
Me: Why not, don't you want to play with them?
Him: No, I don't like them.
Him: I want to be a bad person.
Me: A bad person? Why do you want to be a bad person?
Him: If I'm bad, I get to go to mama.
That, coupled with the fact that he has repeatedly said he wants to smash his sister's head in, is quite frightening.
He's capable of so much. He's such a smart kid with one great imagination. I hope he doesn't become a bad person like he wants to be. The world needs good, smart, creative people, otherwise all hope is lost.
What do you think about it all? Am I over-reacting?