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<blockquote data-quote="runawaybunny" data-source="post: 712485" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/when-your-child-is-a-psychopath/524502/" target="_blank"><strong>When Your Child Is a Psychopath - The Atlantic</strong></a></p><p></p><p><em>The condition has long been considered untreatable. Experts can spot it in a child as young as 3 or 4. But a new clinical approach offers hope.</em></p><p></p><p>At 11, Samantha is just over 5 feet tall and has wavy black hair and a steady gaze. She flashes a smile when I ask about her favorite subject (history), and grimaces when I ask about her least favorite (math). She seems poised and cheerful, a normal preteen. But when we steer into uncomfortable territory—the events that led her to this juvenile-treatment facility nearly 2,000 miles from her family—Samantha hesitates and looks down at her hands. “I wanted the whole world to myself,” she says. “So I made a whole entire book about how to hurt people.”</p><p></p><p>Starting at age 6, Samantha began drawing pictures of murder weapons: a knife, a bow and arrow, chemicals for poisoning, a plastic bag for suffocating. She tells me that she pretended to kill her stuffed animals.</p><p></p><p>“You were practicing on your stuffed animals?,” I ask her.</p><p></p><p>She nods.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="runawaybunny, post: 712485, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/when-your-child-is-a-psychopath/524502/'][B]When Your Child Is a Psychopath - The Atlantic[/B][/URL] [I]The condition has long been considered untreatable. Experts can spot it in a child as young as 3 or 4. But a new clinical approach offers hope.[/I] At 11, Samantha is just over 5 feet tall and has wavy black hair and a steady gaze. She flashes a smile when I ask about her favorite subject (history), and grimaces when I ask about her least favorite (math). She seems poised and cheerful, a normal preteen. But when we steer into uncomfortable territory—the events that led her to this juvenile-treatment facility nearly 2,000 miles from her family—Samantha hesitates and looks down at her hands. “I wanted the whole world to myself,” she says. “So I made a whole entire book about how to hurt people.” Starting at age 6, Samantha began drawing pictures of murder weapons: a knife, a bow and arrow, chemicals for poisoning, a plastic bag for suffocating. She tells me that she pretended to kill her stuffed animals. “You were practicing on your stuffed animals?,” I ask her. She nods. [/QUOTE]
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