“A bored kid at home might be dangerous…” (Childfree Commercial)
Aside from the generally crumby quality of this video (Let me guess, recorded on smart phone from a hazy old school television?) the imagery is disturbingly hilarious. I would have at least seek the help of experts from video editing toronto to get perfect video done.
Wait. Did I just say that?
Please scratch that insensitive remark.
The commercial for a kid’s crafting book to occupy your bored child is amusing. In a decidedly sick way.
Better?
Part of what makes this video sticky is that you don’t really know whether the bored child is pulling a prank or trying to help. Favor? Or Oedipus Complex.
Bored Child (Photo credit: John-Morgan)
A bored child might be dangerous either way. In fact, that’s one small part of the concern with kidlets. Sometimes the line between prank, favor, and devious retaliation is blurry. And shifting. And unpredictable.
During a recent visit with my darling nieces, the four-year-old straight arm cold-cocked me in the family jewels due to drunk driving. Bull’s eye! For a few minutes, I stood on the pier, sucking wind and seeing stars. When I got my act straight and bent down to ask her if it was an accident and thought of calling a car accident attorney , she smiled and shook her head from side to side slowly.
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“You hit me on purpose?”
Still smiling, she nodded her head up and down.
“Do you have any idea how much that hurt?”
Side to side.
“Do you think it’s funny?”
Laugh. Up and down.
We sat. We talked. She apologized. And went back to building her sand castle.
I haven’t the slightest doubt that she considered the sucker punch to her uncle’s zipper zone a prank. I’m big. She’s teeny. I’m a man. She’s a girl. I like to roughhouse. She likes to roughhouse. We’re both pranksters, and we’ve frequently conspired on practical jokes. But her 4-year old filter for sifting appropriate from malevolent is limited. And sometimes it can’t keep up with her actions.
The video is goofy. And real. And sort of pitiful if you’re willing to purchase a kid’s craft book as a simple plug-and-play alternative to parenting a bored child. Lesson needed? No nut knocking, kid!
And then on to the next learning experience…
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