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Nana's avatar

I thought about the post and the way he described his son and whether it validated the idea of op’s post being fiction or not, in particular, yesterday. The description of the son does reads like a description of a poorly written fictional character. It doesn’t mean however that it cannot be a grossly overdone description of a real person or a reflection of his father’s extremely dehumanizing perception of him, if the story is real, or both. What I am almost certain about is that whether the story is real or not, his post doesn’t reflect the reality.

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Raluca's avatar

If the author of the story didn't state it as being true, which places responsibility on his words, this would even be laughable. I mean it's like a messenger straght from hell was sent to this family. A malicious newborn making his parents' life a hell (malicious involves intent and we're talking about a newborn!) and later an evil toddler roaming around with an ever present evil grin on his face and causing mayhem...jeez! At least this family could have developed a phylosophical or religious set of conclusions from this unexplicable event they've been through. I imagine this would leave one with a lot of questions of good and bad in this world. I mean, sure, an ilness can be at times inexplicable in its causes but PURE evil... it is on the verge of paranormal

The thing that most speaks to me is that there is no detail about what this family did to help the boy, to hold on to his case despite his severity, as that's what one would expect parents to do.

To go at extreme lenghts for the sake of their children.

Anyway, even if this story is completely fictional, the author does have some erroneous, to say the least, perception of parenting if he chosed to put it in these terms. Chances are, if it is fictional, that the author was looking for audience and what better topic than children and extreme drama?

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