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Can You Call a 9-Year-Old a Psychopath?
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<blockquote data-quote="TiredSoul" data-source="post: 549689" data-attributes="member: 3930"><p>"In many children, though, the signs are subtler. Callous-unemotional children tend to be highly manipulative, Frick notes. They also lie frequently not just to avoid punishment, as all children will, but for any reason, or none. Most kids, if you catch them stealing a cookie from the jar before dinner, theyll look guilty, Frick says. They want the cookie, but they also feel bad. Even kids with severe A.D.H.D.: they may have poor impulse control, but they still feel bad when they realize that their mom is mad at them. Callous-unemotional children are unrepentant. They dont care if someone is mad at them, Frick says. They dont care if they hurt someones feelings. Like adult psychopaths, they can seem to lack humanity. If they can get what they want without being cruel, thats often easier, Frick observes. But at the end of the day, theyll do whatever works best."</p><p></p><p>In the example above, my difficult child would not feel bad about taking the cookie and me being upset with him. He would be mad about getting caught. It's like he does not naturally know how to care about people's feelings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TiredSoul, post: 549689, member: 3930"] "In many children, though, the signs are subtler. Callous-unemotional children tend to be highly manipulative, Frick notes. They also lie frequently not just to avoid punishment, as all children will, but for any reason, or none. Most kids, if you catch them stealing a cookie from the jar before dinner, theyll look guilty, Frick says. They want the cookie, but they also feel bad. Even kids with severe A.D.H.D.: they may have poor impulse control, but they still feel bad when they realize that their mom is mad at them. Callous-unemotional children are unrepentant. They dont care if someone is mad at them, Frick says. They dont care if they hurt someones feelings. Like adult psychopaths, they can seem to lack humanity. If they can get what they want without being cruel, thats often easier, Frick observes. But at the end of the day, theyll do whatever works best." In the example above, my difficult child would not feel bad about taking the cookie and me being upset with him. He would be mad about getting caught. It's like he does not naturally know how to care about people's feelings. [/QUOTE]
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