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Is something seriously wrong with a ten year old that looks at and seems to enjoy pictures of naked dead people from World War2?

Yosyp 2012/05/22 02:42:15
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He has these books of terrible scenes of that war and he is always looking at pictures I described, his parents don't have a problem with it, but to me its disturbing.

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  • Vijay Pawar 2012/06/07 13:36:49
    He is just a curious kid
    Vijay Pawar
    +1
    Yes kids are indeed fast these days, with the net in their hands very early they are obviously bound to surf unwanted sites, so that's the way it is.
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  • Foxhound BN0 2012/06/05 10:09:29
    He is just a curious kid
    Foxhound BN0
    +1
    probably morbid curiosity but who knows
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  • Swan Eshdeh 2012/05/23 18:47:36
    It could be signs of something wrong
    Swan Eshdeh
    +1
    yes really.
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  • Call me Mark willya? 2012/05/23 14:15:12
    It could be signs of something wrong
    Call me Mark willya?
    +1
    Several thoughts come to mind when reading that question. do his parents talk to him about these things so that he knows how terrible the things he's seeing are terrible things? Does he play violent war-glorifying video games with graphic portrayals of death? The only thing one could do is talk to a professional about this. A children's counselor or psychiatrist or psychologist. If his parents don't seem worried about him, maybe they really know why he's interested in those photos. You could just talk to him and see what he says, how he feels about the stuff he's looking at. Maybe he's decided he's going into the army and wants to get used to seeing things like that, or maybe he's thinking of recipes for barbecue sauce... I recommend the same thing I always recommend for kids, his parents should know as much about why he's doing it as possible and then they'd know whether or not to worry. If they're just letting him run amok doing whatever he wants maybe you could talk to him sometime and ask him about those things. Maybe he wants to be a video game designer.

    At any rate they rate gory movies and video games as not suitable for children, maybe someone should be told why their kid shouldn't be allowed to just look at this stuff without a little parental input...

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    Several thoughts come to mind when reading that question. do his parents talk to him about these things so that he knows how terrible the things he's seeing are terrible things? Does he play violent war-glorifying video games with graphic portrayals of death? The only thing one could do is talk to a professional about this. A children's counselor or psychiatrist or psychologist. If his parents don't seem worried about him, maybe they really know why he's interested in those photos. You could just talk to him and see what he says, how he feels about the stuff he's looking at. Maybe he's decided he's going into the army and wants to get used to seeing things like that, or maybe he's thinking of recipes for barbecue sauce... I recommend the same thing I always recommend for kids, his parents should know as much about why he's doing it as possible and then they'd know whether or not to worry. If they're just letting him run amok doing whatever he wants maybe you could talk to him sometime and ask him about those things. Maybe he wants to be a video game designer.

    At any rate they rate gory movies and video games as not suitable for children, maybe someone should be told why their kid shouldn't be allowed to just look at this stuff without a little parental input...

    It all falls back to personal responsibility. What kind of thing do you think Jeffrey Dahmer looked at as a boy? What kind of thing do you think Charles Manson read growing up? One has to wonder...
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  • Yosyp Call me... 2012/05/23 14:23:17
    Yosyp
    I spoke to his parents and they don't have a problem with it, I even mentioned it to the social worker at the hospital and she's going to pay him a visit. I'm curious of what her opinion might be. Thanks for your post.:)
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  • Call me... Yosyp 2012/05/23 14:41:09
    Call me Mark willya?
    +1
    Question is, are his parents going to still like you after this person comes by asking to see their kid? Assuming that's no big problem to them, are they going to decide you're a meddler if this person says he needs therapy, and will they follow through?

    Another question would be, is this going to help or hinder him, Is he going to think he's weird now or will he be glad of the help and turn himself around? Yes it could be that he's hurting because of this stuff and wants to grow up to be someone that helps with these problems. Or he could buy a big stew pot and make people soup every chance he gets. And I hate to say it, but if CPS gets ahold of him, any problems he has will be pushed onto whatever foster-care group family he gets forced into and they're not going to help, might even make things worse.
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  • Yosyp Call me... 2012/05/23 14:49:22
    Yosyp
    He is a patient in the hospital and the social working stopping by to chat is not unusual, It won't be like children services visiting the home about a claim of child abuse or neglect. But she has the training to see things I might not see, like you said kids like violent and gory video games and movies, this might just be an extention of that and the social worker sort through that better than I could
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  • Call me... Yosyp 2012/05/23 21:26:26
    Call me Mark willya?
    I wish I could be as optimistic as some, I've lived too much for that, seen too many things go ignored, by parents saying oh it's normal or it's just a phase. Then you find out that he's breaking windows or setting fires and by this time it's probably too late to help him. I know some real horror stories that I simply won't tell to keep the kids (yes they're still kids) identities safe. I'm not part of but I have worked with local child advocacy authorities.
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  • Pat 2012/05/23 02:09:13
    He is just a curious kid
    Pat
    +1
    No, I think he's just curious. I looked at pictures like that when I was a kid too. Even today when I see these types of horrible pictures I still linger over them wondering how people could do this to other people. It's horrifying and you can't help but wonder. He may be feeling the same type of emotion. Like, if people could do this to other people, would someone maybe do this to me? Has anyone asked him why he finds these pictures so fascinating?
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  • Jan 2012/05/22 23:01:05
    It could be signs of something wrong
    Jan
    +2
    I wouldn't want a child of mine to have such morbid interests. I'd seek professional help about it to make sure there was nothing emotionally wrong with him/her.
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  • Lady Winters 2012/05/22 21:17:48 (edited)
    He is just a curious kid
    Lady Winters
    +3
    I was pretty curious about WW2 when I was younger too. But that's because my uncle was a holocaust survivor. I was just trying to process it all. It's hard to believe that many people could have died or that people could really be that cruel. Anyway, I ended up graduating college with a degree in history.
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  • Marie-Jacqueline 2012/05/22 16:49:22
    He is just a curious kid
    Marie-Jacqueline
    +3
    In my younger years, being a Dutch citizen, certainly in the week were our Remeberance of the Death Day (4th May) and Liberation Day (5th May) would fal,l a lot of programms dealing with WWII would be on television, films, documentaries etc.
    Furthermore in school historyclasses on the subject, the stories told by family who lived through it.
    Also the Allied War Cemetaries throughout the country, monuments to remember those that died there, or on far away places in camps,or by bombs, excecution etc.

    So from a young age on we wouldget exposed to what war is, what war does to people, what terrible things people will do to other people in wartimes.
    Also learning the importance of liberty and that liberty should be cherised.

    That child of ten and WWII pictures:
    If a child doesthat because he/she is interested in history, wants to know more; I see no problem.
    The parents should take care however that those pictures are not the only thing he/she watches of that time.
    What worries me however is the fact that you state that he/she seems to enjoy looking at pictures of naked dead people from WWII.
    Why does he/she enjoy this?

    So my choice is more to: It could be signs of something wrong.
    Less to what my first choice was.
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  • sockpuppet 2012/05/22 15:23:51
    It could be signs of something wrong
    sockpuppet
    +1
    It would probably be a bad idea to make a big deal out of it... I'd try to channel his attention to other things, lest it became an obsession.
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  • Anonymouse BN-0 ~bibbityboo~ 2012/05/22 15:16:39
    It could be signs of something wrong
    Anonymouse BN-0 ~bibbityboo~
    +1
    That is really not normal.,.
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  • The Black Dagger 2012/05/22 15:15:27
    None of the above
    The Black Dagger
    +3
    Actually, from the male perspective, this kid is only looking at two things, breasts and vaginas. The staple of schoolyard talk and the ignition of the beginning flames of puberty.

    I seriously doubt he is intrigued by the fact that they are dead. There would need to be a collection of small dead animals in his toy box before I change my mind.
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  • lm1b2 2012/05/22 14:49:06
    None of the above
    lm1b2
    +2
    A ten year old may not understand the concept of death,i would not worry,and why would you have a 10 yr.old looking at those pictures to begin with,I'm more worried about something being wrong with you Amigo!
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  • Yosyp lm1b2 2012/05/22 16:05:43 (edited)
    Yosyp
    +1
    If you read the question description amigo you would have seen I'm not his parent but I have spoken to them about it and how I feel it's disturbing. Also, I'm not the person that supplies him with these books
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  • lm1b2 Yosyp 2012/05/23 12:57:07
    lm1b2
    +1
    Well there is something wrong with his parents Amigo!
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  • bags the Indigenous Guru 2012/05/22 14:48:37
    None of the above
    bags the Indigenous Guru
    +3
    The human animal has a morbid fascination with death and gore. We watch horror movies, read books like Dracula and Frankenstein, celebrate Halloween and the Day of the Dead, and we crane our necks like made going past an accident scene to see what we can. it's not mankind's most endearing feature. If the boy behaves normally in all other aspects, I don't see it as a problem. Death fascinates many of us.
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  • SteveMarine- JLA 2012/05/22 14:10:02
    Undecided
    SteveMarine- JLA
    +1
    Its a strange thing.... But I don't have a real opinion.
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  • Tony 2012/05/22 14:09:06
    It could be signs of something wrong
    Tony
    +1
    keep a close watch on that one
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  • TXGirl 2012/05/22 14:00:01
    It could be signs of something wrong
    TXGirl
    +1
    That to me is disturbing. It may not be anything but to be on the safe side it's best to check it out. Why are they letting him look at these pics anyway? I'm way stricter with my kids than these people are.
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  • Yosyp TXGirl 2012/05/22 14:03:19
    Yosyp
    I spoke to the parents and they don't consider it a problem.
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  • TXGirl Yosyp 2012/05/22 14:05:28
    TXGirl
    I mean speaking to a professional - not the parents. Obviously they are part of the problem if they don't think there is a problem with it.
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  • mcox 2012/05/22 13:35:19
    None of the above
    mcox
    +2
    Well, i find it a little disturbing but maybe he just is fascinated or wants to do research when he gets older or whatever but hey who really knows
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  • Mandy 2012/05/22 13:07:55
    He is just a curious kid
    Mandy
    +4
    Watch for other factors that could indicate psychological problems. But I too find photos of the Holocaust mesmerizing in a horrific, "can't look away" type of way. He may just be trying to process the atrocity.
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  • All American 2012/05/22 12:28:13
    He is just a curious kid
    All American
    +4
    It's probably just morbid curiosity, something I think we all have.
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  • acid 2012/05/22 12:06:49
    It could be signs of something wrong
    acid
    +1
    for real
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  • Walaa 2012/05/22 11:48:50
    It could be signs of something wrong
    Walaa
    +1
    Worrying..
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  • johnpaul 2012/05/22 11:38:07
    He is just a curious kid
    johnpaul
    +3
    The natural state for a humanbeing is to be naked. And should be the most normal way to be. But our culture has such a craze against the naked human body that is so totally against nature. Therefore especially kids become curious about the naked human body. Therefore a lot a boys fall into the porn trap. What boys really need are real bodies. They need to go to nudist parks and see middle-aged women who more closely resemble duffle bags than Playboy centerfolds. They need to know such real women personally and appreciate them for deeper reasons than how closely they conform to the Playboy lie... But since our culture foolishly fails to foster such wholesome customs, boys fall into the pornography trap. Not only does porn objectify females and ingrain in boys' psyches an unrealistic ideal, but since its nature is erotic, by association, it acculturates boys to identify nudity with sex. By nature there is no such identification. Warped culture creates it artificially
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  • heart of love ♥♥ 2012/05/22 10:47:09
    It could be signs of something wrong
    heart of love ♥♥
    +1
    pervirded kid!
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  • wiskkers 2012/05/22 10:11:32
  • David 2012/05/22 09:38:34
    It could be signs of something wrong
    David
    +1
    one thing is for sure, HE'S INTO NECROPHILIA.
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  • jaydenvdv 2012/05/22 08:59:04
    Undecided
    jaydenvdv
    +2
    I guess I would question what it is he likes about the pictures. Does the feel the pictures are sexually interesting, or the fact that these are dead human beings
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  • Yosyp jaydenvdv 2012/05/22 10:02:27 (edited)
    Yosyp
    He won't tell me what he likes about them , but these books are on his night stand, he's a patient in the hospital I work. Whenever I go in his room he is looking at these pictures. I spoke to his parents about this and they are not worried, I don't know, to me the pictures are gruesome but as others have said, some kids are just interested in such things.
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  • doctorw... Yosyp 2012/05/22 12:52:25
    doctorwhofan~Tatae~BN-4
    +2
    Have you considered asking him about it?
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  • Yosyp doctorw... 2012/05/22 12:53:32
    Yosyp
    +1
    yes I have and he just says that he likes the pictures,
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  • D'eath Yosyp 2012/05/23 07:43:12
    D'eath
    I think that this is where the problem might be. He says he "LIKES" the pictures, now that is disturbing.

    He might have been curious (Natural) He might have been trying to understand (Natural). But to like or enjoy these pictures he must be disturbed, and if this continues as he gets older it could be the start of something very unpleasant.

    His parents should be more interested in why he likes these pictures; it could of course be to attract attention and sympathy. I think you are right to worry, if I were you I'd tell your line manager what you have said about him liking these pictures, it might lead to the help he needs.
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  • frozenKmadness 2012/05/22 08:53:15
    It could be signs of something wrong
    frozenKmadness
    +1
    It is disturbing. 0_0
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  • La 2012/05/22 08:17:19
    Undecided
    La
    +1
    Idk, kids get obsessed with various things. How long has he been interested in WW2? He could have autism or something, but that's not such a big deal. Many kids do.
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