"Evil Dad Scares Kid"

[Cyranno DeBoberac]

You know those online games that are just ruses to make you stare at the screen until a scary picture jumps out at you with a lot of noise and scares the shit out of you?

Well, some guy decieded to pull that prank on his son.

Even better, he decided to videotape it.

Even better than that, he put it on the internet.

Voila!

http://www.break.com/index/kidscaredgame.html

[ladyleggs]

Does lifetime of therapy mean anything?ll That is so sad.

[Phoenix McHeit]

OMG the poor kid looks like he's about 7 or 8!!! I can see doing that to a young teen, but holy carp!

Not only the jump factor, but the poor little guy'll probably have nightmares about that face for months!!!

Laugh it up, "dad" - You'll be the one to change the sheets from the bedwetting. On second thought - you'll just make 'the wife' ... 'take care of the kid'.

Jeez.

[Lady Anisette]

Ok... I am a forum ninny and can't work these things....

What I said was....


What a sick SOB..... :shame:

poor kid.

[Selena]

That's so sad. Practical jokes are one thing, but for a child that age, he's just too young to understand.

[Morgana]

:0 , poor kid !

[WenchLadyKate]

Uh, I thought it was sorta funny... I'd seen this on Americas Funniest Videos, they had a whole segment of these with kids, girlfriends, boyfriends and moms and dads. I thought it was funny for those people to get to see their own reactions... As for being too young? I did it to my 6 year old niece. She ended up thinking it was hysterical and in turn got to trick her mom and dad. She thought it was great.

[angela dahling]

UH can we say " NOT FUNNY DAD"
really not funny ,dad needs help if he thinks it is
Poor kid.In more ways than one.

A dahling

[Mistress Lisette]

I guess it depends on the kid. This particular kid looked like he pretty much peed his pants he was so scared. However, my kid would've jumped, then laughed himself silly all the while plotting to get even with me. And that would've been when he was about 7 or so. (We've been scaring each other with tricks like these since then actually...)

So, on one hand I agree with most of you here that this kid's probably been traumatized. But on the other hand I agree with WenchLadyKate b/c, honestly, I laughed. Until I saw how scared this kid was. Then I got mad at the dad for continuing to chuckle and film instead of comforting his kiddo.

[Pathos]

I don't think it's a big deal. My dad used to pull stuff like that on me all the time as far back as I can remember.

It didn't traumatize me. It made me learn to expect the unexpected and deal with it when it happens.

Could be one of the reasons I tend to remain calm and focused in emergency situations while everyone around me is freaking out.

[Lady Sarah]

I don't think it's a big deal. My dad used to pull stuff like that on me all the time as far back as I can remember.

It didn't traumatize me. It made me learn to expect the unexpected and deal with it when it happens.

Could be one of the reasons I tend to remain calm and focused in emergency situations while everyone around me is freaking out.

The only reason I can stay calm is that I know there's usually someone else to blame.

I can sympathize and empathize with the kid... these damned things nearly make ME pee my bloomers. I can't stand them and I'd never do that to my own kids Shame on Dad for doing that to his child.

[Mylilpinkpig]

What bothers me is that when the kid gets scared and starts crying hysterically, the dad doesn't put down the camera and comfort the kid. He just keeps taping and you can hear him laughing. What kind of father sees his kid obviously scared to death and very upset and doesn't rush to comfort him?

[Pathos]

What bothers me is that when the kid gets scared and starts crying hysterically, the dad doesn't put down the camera and comfort the kid. He just keeps taping and you can hear him laughing. What kind of father sees his kid obviously scared to death and very upset and doesn't rush to comfort him? Because it's a practical joke that's why. My parents still have the home movies from the early 70's of that exact kind of stuff. My dad was holding the camera so the camera keeps rolling when I start balling.

But then later he'd take me out for ice cream or to the store to get a new toy. Half hour later I've forgotten about the whole thing.

Except of course when relatives are over and the 'ol projector gets rolled out.

8-)

[Margaret]

HG and I watched one of those together. Screamed and jumped then laughed ourselves silly. She couldn't wait to show her dad.

Yep, it does depened on the kid - I would show stuff like that to HG in a second. Her cousin - no way. She gets scared by shadows.

[Pathos]

I just saw this. It's a compilation of about 20 college kids being subjected to the same prank. Out of all of them...there's 2 who don't even flinch. The third and the next to last. Interestingly...they're both girls.

::clappin:

http://www.break.com/index/righthandedprank.html

[Cyranno DeBoberac]

I like the girl who looks up at the camera and says "why? why?"

It was that close to "why Daddy why?" ::wicked::

As for the original video in the thread, I'm thinking the dad was shooting for a "Americas Funniest Home Video" prize.

[Roberto Phoenix]

Okay, I gotta say that happened to me once. Both my parents were involved, filming my reaction, tramatized me for life. Course it wasn't a computer, didn't have them back then. They took me up to the door of this creepy, old, forboding building. They told me to go up to the door and knock while they sttod back and filmed. I was already nervous cuz I didn't know what was going on but I trusted them and did what I was told. I slowly walked up to the door and knocked. All of a sudden the door swung open really fast and the most hideous face I ever saw before or after came within a breath length of my own face. It looked at me with a totally evil and disgusting grin and said "Welcome to your first day of public school Robert....Never was the same after that. Did the same thing to my little brother too.

[kisses7727]

Wow my husband and I must be some really nasty parents because we laughed our butts off at this video. My oldest son is 10 and if I did that to him he would probably jump and screech a little but then he would laugh and want to scare his brother and sister. They would probably scream and yell about it but they would know enough that it was a JOKE from the computer and not be scared of a stupid screaming picture on the internet. I do not think that this kid is scarred for life. He MIGHT have had a couple dreams about it (which is not good) but I am sure he got over it quickly enough and moved on.

[Ysobelle]

I just watched it last night. Thanks, Foxglove. And for everyone saying, "Hey, I woulda been fine!" that's great, but this poor kid wasn't fine. And I agree with those who got pissed that the kid's hysterical and Dad just keeps filming.

Every kid is different. This Dad seems to be just a run-o-the-mill dipstick.

[Jules]

Ok i can understand playing a practical joke, or even scaring a kid ( we play with ours that way ) but any stupid mother f*&^%^ that cant stop and put the camera down to comfort their kid deserves what he will get back one day, and unfortunatly it may be that his son wont trust him to EVER come to his aid.

[Phoenix McHeit]

Hey I'm all for a practical joke. Gawds know I've played em on my guys at times. BUT... the one thing I've always made sure of is - if the kid ain't happy - NOBODY'S happy.

If they screech, then giggle & have a blast with it, great, wonderful, show your brother.

But there've been times that it didn't work out that way & the first thing done is comfort the kiddo.

Not continue laughing while your child is in the middle of hysterics.

That's just sick, sadistic shit. Luckily I believe in Karma. Wonder if the Dad does?

[Pathos]

You're all condemning this guy for holding onto the camera for what? 10 seconds? Maybe 15? You have no idea what kind of father this guy is. As soon as the clip ends he could've comforted the kid and made everything ok.

Maybe he's the kind of Dad that never misses a little league game. Maybe he supports his son in every interest or hobby he has. Maybe he takes him to Disney World every year on his birthday.

Maybe...just maybe he's the coolest Dad ever. You don't know. Perhaps we shouldn't be so quick to judge based on a minute or two of video that frankly doesn't really shed any insight on that family or the relationship they have.

[Mistress Lisette]

Perhaps we shouldn't be so quick to judge based on a minute or two of video that frankly doesn't really shed any insight on that family or the relationship they have.
Point taken. Lord knows I've made some mistakes with my kid and will most likely make more, however when I saw that kid really hurting by being so scared and the dad laughing and continuing to film I spoke out. I don't denigrate his fatherhood; I was just pissed that his reaction was to continue filming rather than comforting his son *soon enough* for me (as he may very well have comforted him once he turned off the camcorder).