Video - Parent Tortures Kid With Shrimp

Posted by brettsinger on June 27th, 2009 at 10:47 am

scared shrimpless Video   Parent Tortures Kid With ShrimpLet’s say you have a kid who is afraid of something that can’t hurt them. Like, say, a food. What do you do?

If you’re this person, you take a video of said child screaming while you dangle the food item in front of them. Then you post that video on YouTube.

Here you go:

This seems creul to me. I can see a little child-torture. My own mother used to do something similar with the cards from the board game Clue. At the beginning of the game you are supposed to pick a card that determines who did the dastardly deed. She would push one of the cards out slightly, as if to influence my decision. Despite the fact that I hated it, she did this every single time. Drove me nuts. But she didn’t film me and put it online. It also seems like the person filming prolonged the agony for maximum YouTube effect.

The commenters on YouTube are divided.

“Bad mom.. ”

“I think mommy needs some parenting lessons… ”

“lol @ all the “professional parents” criticizing the mom. ”

“What is wrong with you people? That mom is definitely awesome… ”

What do you think? Creul? Funny? Both?

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13 Comments

I don’t know what’s worse, the fact that this mother is purposely terrorizing her child or the fact that she’s calling her a “wuss” and a “big baby” for reacting the way she is. What a creep.

ugh commented on Jun 27 09 at 12:18 pm

I definitely think it’s sadistic and cruel. I don’t see the humor in this type of child abuse.

Bean's Mom commented on Jun 27 09 at 2:43 pm

the “don’t be a wuss” is what bothered me the most. if you’re trying to make your kid understand things aren’t scary, the worst way to do it is by mocking her fear.

jeannesager commented on Jun 27 09 at 7:22 pm

This is how I developed my horribly debilitating fear of roaches. I had the normal kid don’t want to be around them thing until my father chased me around the house with one when I was five! I then went through years of him complaining that it was nothing to worry about and then we moved to Texas. Texas where they are huge and fly! This kid is not going to eating in any seafood resturants when she reaches adulthood. Some people like my father are just bad parents.

Shana commented on Jun 27 09 at 7:40 pm

This is just cruel! It just deepens the fear! This is definitely NOT the way to handle any childs fears. Oggs from Arena

Oggs commented on Jun 27 09 at 8:03 pm

I think it’s awful, and not funny at all.

Manjari commented on Jun 27 09 at 8:33 pm

That’s f*cked up.

Lula commented on Jun 27 09 at 10:55 pm

CRUEL. As a non-parent, I think that’s really mean. What that girl was experiencing there was a PHOBIA - she really genuinely appeared to be suffering - and what that mother is doing will NOT help. That won’t make her learn to like shrimp - it’ll only make her learn to distrust her mother.

Jessica commented on Jun 28 09 at 12:26 am

She sounds so mean even at the very start: “so weeeee’re going to play a little gaaaaaaaame.” A little game of terrorizing a pre-schooler, how fun.

Knitty commented on Jun 28 09 at 9:14 am

NOT COOL. Can’t get behind making a kid freak to that extent. I know I’ve said stuff I wish I hadn’t, but calling a kid a wuss or a big baby when she’s actually really scared of something is a nice entry into the “ways my mom slowly chipped away at my self esteem” mental photo album. I wonder how it would have been different if it was a little boy.

STRONG Fathers commented on Jun 29 09 at 9:38 am

I think Sybil had a mother like this.

Jenni commented on Jul 15 09 at 6:22 pm

Hey, that was NOT COOL! You have even done video of it, ah.

Video Production Florida commented on Aug 11 09 at 3:28 pm

Comments “Mommie, please go pick on , annoy , verbally , mentally and emotional abuse and scare someone your own size” See WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU THEN

judy commented on Sep 09 09 at 7:05 pm

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