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- Ngai, on 10/10/2007, -4/+19I'm a soon to be dad...
thanks for the video :) - staser9er, on 10/10/2007, -2/+16more powerful than I expected, too bad we can't show this to everyone
- robojerk, on 10/10/2007, -4/+16Staged videos.. I know we all can be better people, but this is trickery.
- sapientmonkey, on 10/10/2007, -2/+14Wow, at first I thought it was just going to be some cutsey thing, but that really hit me. Thanks for sharing.
- mapkinase, on 10/10/2007, -2/+12It would be nice to see the words fiction, fake or acted somewhere in the submission.
- IHaveIssues, on 10/10/2007, -3/+13Direct link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y52gy_QIHx4 - SkippyDoorknob, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11From you alright! I learned it from watching YOU!
- Razster, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Grats!
Direct Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y52gy_QIHx4 - Conway, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10Congrats!
I used to swear a lot and then I had kids. My 3 year old said '*****' one day. That's the last time I said that word in front of him. They see and hear everything. - wushu18t, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8staged?!?! you mean these videos aren't actual footage of a kid smoking and a kid beating his mother???
- kevin2735, on 10/10/2007, -4/+10I think it would have been better if it were not so staged. Yes my kids follow my example.... but certainly not to the degree illustrated in this video.
- volvinator, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Ok Captain, the point of the video was to dramatically expose how children can immitate their parents. Naturally a typical 6 year old isn't going to join in when his father beats his mother, that was for "dramatic effect".. you know, illustrating the point?
- ahawks, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Fyi, there have been multiple studies, and they all show that abuse (especially sexual) is hereditary. Not by blood, but by action. People who were abused have a tendency (not 100% mind you) to grow up to be abusers.
- sdcarter, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8The difficult thing isn't placing the blame, it's doing something about the problem once you've been made aware of it.
A fair amount of my "issues" (lack of a better word) are a result of my parents... poor health habits, redirection of fault, even something as small as rambling. It's difficult rectifying these problems because they're so ingrained in my personality. However, I've found that the best course of action is making yourself conscious of these things and then trying to address them as they occur. Eventually this shifts from reactive to proactive.
One of the biggest problems is what to do about other people. You can't expect others to change. I know, I've tried. However, just because you can't teach an old dog new tricks doesn't mean you have to put up with poor behavior. The best course of action, in these cases, is to lead by example. - sdcarter, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6correction: too bad everyone wouldn't understand it
- misconfig, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Once I was having dinner with my father we were at in a public place; he and I got on the topic of the bible and the revelation. I myself being an atheist brought up the Aramaic representation of Nero Cesar and I mentioned how it equals 666. This child was standing on the chair behind me, (he was in a booth) he had been listening to my conversation. He started to spurt the words 666 666 multiple times; it then hit me how disrespectful that sounded. I know the parents were offended, I deeply regret that.
- snotrokit, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4heavily dugg. Granted, kids don't follow us THAT close, but it makes a good point, kids learn more from example than anything else. I am a parent of 2, and I see them watch me.
- captainjojo, on 10/10/2007, -5/+8this video blows the whole thing out way to bad. "daddy's beating mom, so i'm going to join him!" i mean, come on...how far will people take these things. yeah, kids follow their parents leads most of the time, but this video took it to an extreme that was completely stupid. flame me. go ahead, but i think this video was retarded
- ImOscar, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Agreed, from the first comments I saw I thought "Maybe this won't be cheesy."
It has a good message, but it was kinda cheesy. - jostheller, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I am sure there are times that they are imitating you exactly... I think all children do that.
- Yazilliclick, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Interesting, neither you NOR the people correcting you seem to have gotten it. It's not saying a 6 year old may start smoking or beating up their mother when they see their parents doing so. It's saying that everything you do influences your kid and they chose that way to demonstrate it. And that a son who sees his father beating up his mother is more likely to grow up to do the same thing.
- DarkenKO, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3This is just disturbing to me because its way over dramatized and fairly extreme overstatement of reality. Aside from that the message is important and powerful, but is it better to completely shelter our kids, or allow them to learn from our mistakes? obviously if one of these things does occur, its important to realize the child is learning from it, don't let it slip past you, turn it into something to truly learn from.
thats just my two cents. - ShadySpace, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3"At least he's using good beans"
- sail191912, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I've seen a man driving a jeep with a little kid, both were smoking a cigarette. The kid was around 8 or 10 years old. A disturbing sight you can't forget.
- terrachronos, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Excellent Video, very power full message.
- kick52, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3i just saw the ending wife-beating scene and couldnt help thinking "PWNT!" :/
- ciaran036, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2everything we do is influenced by our parents, the way we talk, the way we walk. If your parents were in the army, you are more than likely going to do the same, regardless of what you will be doing in the army and what you will be standing for.
- Adamande, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Oh come on. This is just a commercial, and it wasn't powerful at all. Everyone with half a brain knows children learn from their parents. But this film is using tabloid-techniques, portraying the kids more like robots than like actual kids.
Parents, your kids are not machines. They will not copy your every move. Of course, you should watch how you behave around them (and always try to be a good person), but remember they do have a will of their own. They are themselves, not a small copy of you. If you are violent, it doesn't mean they will be. - alibenx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Seriously? It was that hard for you to tell?
- mrbradg, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I have a 5 year old. Sort of teared up and *****. Damn digg
- theRealLadyJane, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The point isn't that the kids will mimic your actions while they are kids, as I think some people interpreted it (they do, of course, but this wasn't the point). It's that they learn how adults are supposed to behave from their parents, then express this when they become adults (ie, modeling). The mimicking represents the kid internalizing the parent's actions while they're young.
I think it was clever to show the kids mimicking the parents (rather than the grown children repeating the behaviors)-- seeing an adult smoke isn't a big deal but there's a harsh contrast in a young innocent kid with a cigarette. And we want better for our kids, blah blah blah, whitney houston.
That being said, I still don't get why the woman was throwing up on the sidewalk...? - didoubleg, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3I know this video was suppose to "teach" you something, but that little girl putting out her cigarette was pretty darn adorable!
- VivaLaNation, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1what was the song playing during the beginning of the vid?
- ebbv, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3YAY THANKS FOR DIGGING MORE COMMERCIALS YOU RETARDS
- Yazilliclick, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2No, what ran through your head was 'LOL I should post a comment saying PWNT on digg, then I'll be cool hahaHA!"
- Handofgod, on 10/10/2007, -5/+6So true... So many stupid people...
- vawksel, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1For me, it's not true.
My parents smoke, I never did, nor did I want to. My mother blows money like crazy, I save like crazy. My dad doesn't stand up for himself at work, I stand up for myself all the time.
Maybe some kids are monkey see monkey do, but at least a few of us are smarter than that. - mapkinase, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yes man! I almost lost hope in diggity reading cheesy crappy comments...
- vawksel, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Note I said a few, so I predict a few digg up's and mostly digg downs. If that's true, then my theory is right.
- fascistpig, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The only lesson I learned was, "Watch where you stick your finger."
- Korun, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Buried as inaccurate. Real life teaches, not this produced crap.
- sjm20k, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1ugh, 3/4 sensationalist hammy *****. they should just show those ***** up nazi twins (prussian blue) instead of playing the exploitative filmmaking card for the 10000th time.
- Tredici, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'm going to take a wild guess and say you've read Stephen R. Covey's "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People."
- steviedee, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1this is on australian tv atm, great music for it i thought.
- capevapor, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1good thing I'm not crazy/an ***** like the examples in the video.
- TheSmitty, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Wow, LOL, only on Digg would this be some kind of revelation to the many slackers here.
- mikewhalley, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Get lost and troll somewhere else.
- tungsai, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That video is some lame PSA, like, "Don't shake a baby" and "Don't smoke".
Anybody who is already going to affect their child's behavior to that level, isn't going to absorb any message from this video. - mikewhalley, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Don't be a tool. We all know it's acting... It's all about the message it's portraying. If we all swear, smoke, be disrespectful or aggressive to or in front of our children, we should expect them to turn out the same. I don't think we should be expecting to see real examples just to get the point across.
- mikewhalley, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1That was uncalled for.
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