***Disclaimer...please don't read if you are partial to spiders, ants, or other such insects. I'm just commenting on boy behavior and not wanting to create a discussion along the lines of PETA versus Fur-Lovers of America. Nor am I belittling those with mental health issues in any way, I am simply commenting on little boy behavior.
We were at the cabin this past weekend and cleaning up around outside since we were bringing home a trailer and had lots of room to bring home things that we weren't using anymore since we're past construction phase. I was finishing up the morning dishes when the cabin door suddenly banged open and in charged Jonah (age 12.) He ran across the cabin and grabbed Randy's small propane torch while shouting wildly at the top of his lungs, "There's a huge spider on the canopy poles! Dad said I could get the torch!" Out of the cabin he flew, slamming the door behind him. Standing there with my arms in soap bubbles up to my elbows I was struck by two extremely different thoughts. ONE...Visions of a brand new forest fire starting up with our cabin as the origin point (What was Randy thinking!) TWO...Don't psychotics start out by killing and torturing small creatures??? (WHAT WAS RANDY THINKING!!!) Ok, so the thoughts had a some similarities...SNORT!
Now, lest anyone think my son is a fledgling psychotic, I've done much research and determined that this seems to be normal boy behavior. I've read of such things as burning ants with magnifying glasses, pulling legs off grasshoppers, etc. etc. etc. Even one of our favorite Christian comedians, Tim Hawkins, has written a song parody on this very thing. Here's a link to a YouTube video with this song...
Little boy behavior versus psychotic behavior...such a very fine line sometimes! LOL!
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