Kids, This Is What We Call “Scapegoating”
CHILDREN, EDITORS' CHOICE, PARENTS/GUARDIANS, RETAIL | RIGHT | AUGUST 5, 2008
Kid: “Mommy, I want this candy!”
Mom: “No, you can’t have the candy. Put it back.”
Kid: “I WANT THIS CANDY!”
Mom: “You can’t have it!”
Kid: “I WANT THIS CANDY!”
(At this point, the mom takes the candy from the kid and hands it to me.)
Mom: *points at me* “The bad man took the candy! You can’t have it because the bad man took it!”
Kid: *in tears* “Why did you take the candy?!”
Me: *speechless*
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