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I notice the little geniuses like this kid never seem to attack Marines on the street, walk up and talk crap to bloods and crips, or hop the fence into the lion cage at the zoo. So obviously they CAN control their impulses sometimes after all. They aren’t stupid. They just correctly judge that they can dominate their wuss parents and teachers

The giveaway that perhaps bad parenting was involved was in this exchange:

“They told me I could wear these,” he insisted. “You’re a stupid bitch. I can wear whatever pants I want to. This is America. I have rights!”

“You can’t wear whatever pants you want to,” I said, my tone affable, reasonable. “And you definitely cannot call me a stupid bitch. You’re grounded from electronics for the rest of the day. Now get in the car, and I will take you to school.”

I can guarantee you that if one my kids talked like this to me, at 10, 13, or any age my response would not have been "affable" (definition: easygoing: good-natured, friendly, and easy to talk to). It would have been the opposite. Stern, angry and outraged. The punishment wouldn't be to not be able to play on "electronics" for a day. It would have been more along the order of face getting slapped and grounded for a week....no electronics, no friends, no fun.

It's outrageous to me that anyone would allow a child to talk like this to them, much less their own child. It's a prescription for raising a mentally ill, socially unfit, child.