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I have occasionally pranked my daughter and when it's gone too far I feel like the biggest jerk. Once when she was 6 or 7 she was outside with my husband and the windows were open. I was watching them and then I said her name quietly in a a scary voice. It frightened her badly and she started crying. I don't know what I was thinking but I felt like a total ass and apologized.
What your relative did might have started the same way, but he should have apologized and comforted his son when he realized it went too far.
I think you should speak to the mother by herself and let her know what happened and ask her if this sort of thing goes on a lot ? and if she says yes then dear cousin might need some physciatric evaluation and needs to do a lot of growing up that is for certain . If it gets too bad I would get social services involved . See if dear cousin thinks that is funny when his parental activities are in question .Yes it sounds like your cousin has sociopathic tendancys and I would report it if mother does not do something about it .
He took the child's soother and dunked it into a jar of hot peppers and stuck it back into his son's mouth thinking it would be funny. That poor child howled. He did it so quickly, neither my husband or I could stop his STUPID, cruel act.
I had something similar happen. My uncle handed me a hot pepper when I was about 3 and told me to eat it. When I started to cry, my mother (she must have been in another room) jerked me out of there and we went to my grandparents, where she told them what happened. My grandfather left to go have a talk with my uncle. I understand that the "talk" resulted in my uncle having a black eye. My uncle was laughing when my mother and I left his house - I doubt he laughed later. I remember my grandfather always being so laid-back. He obviously had another side to him.
My brothers did stuff like that to me all the time, but never my parents. Not funny in the least.
Yeah, I can understand brothers, sisters, cousins around the same age pranking each other out. But a small kid vs. an adult.....yikes. The small kid is at the mercy of the grown person (dependent upon adult for basic needs and protection) and has no defense. Poor kid, hope he hangs around other adults when ol' cuzz is in the vicinity!!
edit: damn, it's even worse than I thought. I now realize that the man is the 5 year old's FATHER, and the man is the COUSIN of the OP. So 5 y/o depends EVEN MORE on adult for protection and trust. double yikes
Has anyone seen this type of "joking" between father and son? I just can't believe that this type of thing is healthy, common or "normal" in ANY type of relationship.
Your cousin is an assclown.
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