[Mears]

The parents that send the videos in are worse than Kimmel-——they played this “trick” on their own child.

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[fr_freak]

The parents that send the videos in are worse than Kimmel-——they played this “trick” on their own child.

Exactly. While I have my reservations about whether this sort of thing really will "scar" the child, the fact that these parents got their jollies on doing this to their kid to the point where they filmed it and sent it off to a TV show makes you wonder what other things they'll do to their kids for "fun" throughout their lives. There is a hint of sadism here.

[NorthstarMom]

I saw a previous year’s montage that included a mom telling her crying little boy that she was just joking, she didn’t eat his candy. He tearfully replied,”Well that wasn’t very kind!” She wrapped him up in a hug and I hope she saw the error of her ways. But she sent it in so that’s unlikely.

My teenage kids think it’s funny (though they despise Kimmel), but I’d be more positive if the parents used it as an object lesson regarding capitalism vs socialism. Always better to keep what you’ve earned.