VTheChaosTheoryV wrote:This subject needs to be burned to the ground for the incredible thought of stupidity fueling this subject. Say you have an infant, and the infant pukes all over itself. Are you going to assume that the infant did that just because it's hung over from the night before? If no, then why would you assume 6 years later the kid must be psychopathic? The reason for that kids atrocious behavior, that is if you are comparing it's behavior to a psychopath's potential behavior, is as result of:
Lack of Discipline.
Teach the kid to conform to your rules, or you beat it until it surrenders. If the kid however is 15 years old, and still refuses to listen to you no matter how many time you pound it's face into the dirt, then i would be inclined to agree with you.
VTheChaosTheoryV wrote:...I can't believe you just had the audacity to say that. Think about this for a second, i mean neurons have to be firing off to give a signal, ahh an idea! Let this sink in for a second.
6-years old....a psychopath....a 6-year old being a psychopath......at the age of 6..............15 years for old conduct disorder.....6 years old....to be psychopathic?
Any signal input yet?
insincerity wrote:I think chaostheory's point is that any signs of psychopathy that might be present at age 6 are very likely just signs of other issues and you can't really make any justified judgment at that age.
Myers wrote:insincerity wrote:I think chaostheory's point is that any signs of psychopathy that might be present at age 6 are very likely just signs of other issues and you can't really make any justified judgment at that age.
Hence the reason a diagnosis of ASPD is not allowed until the age of 18. But there are documented cases of children who were clearly psychopathic, many of them murderers and rapists as young as nine, specifically Jeffrey Bailey, Jr. who pushed a three-year-old into a hotel swimming pool just because he wanted to see someone drown.
Myers wrote: Why do you find it so difficult to believe psychopaths are born, not raised? I, as well as many professionals who specialize in the area, namely Dr. Hare, agree that children as young as three can show signs of psychopathy. Of course, no official diagnosis can be made until adulthood, but the evidence is there from a very young age.
VTheChaosTheoryV wrote:When kids are of that age they do stupid $#%^, go figure. Just because they may have erratic behavior, does not imply anything but immaturity. Teach the kid otherwise, and go from there. If it doesn't conform, then yes that can be a red flag, but not exactly for psychopathy;it could be ADHD for all we know. Unless the kid starts running around like Chucky the killer doll stabbing people and proclaiming himself god, then just wait it out. Besides, what the hell can anyone do about it anyways? the kid is 6, you can't lock it up, you can't really give it therapeutic advice, you can't diagnose it because of immaturity of personality, so all you can do it just wait, nothing more.
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