Little Joe was so sweetly and lovingly holding a baby doll, hugging and kissing it, I thought, “Awh, he’ll make a good dad some day, or perhaps big brother.”
Then he banged the doll’s head on the ground and yelled, “Ow!” Not once or twice, but three times.
Nice, baby. Niiiice. A few seconds before “Wham! Wham!”
Boys.
Motherhood and Martial Arts 
Ha ha ha. My daughter had a baby doll that would giggle when squeezed. She’d put it on the floor and stomp on it. Yeesh! Ha ha.
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Haha! Horrible. I love it!
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My daughter LOVES stomping on babies…pretend ones of course! It’s her fav…
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Ha! How funny. What are these kids thinking? Thanks for commenting, Rebecca. 🙂
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Lol. And yet somehow they grow up to be model adults and loving parents. Go figure. 🙂
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Go figure, indeed.
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Uh oh. Keep an eye on him. See ya.
Neil Scheinin
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It’s a good thing we don’t have a kitten.
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You wonder what goes through their heads? My 3-year old boy seemed to take a liking to Barbie dolls, until he stripped all of their clothes off. Constantly. Hmm…
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Yikes. I have a friend who has a rule that if she sees a doll without clothes on, she’ll throw it in the trash. That makes sure her kids always keep them clothed. Her daughters anyway.
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A friend of mine, mother of 3 [boy, boy, girl] claimed that boys will turn anything into a tool or weapon while girls will turn anything into a baby or pet. I don’t know for sure, of course… but there you go.
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That sounds about right.
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Maybe him shouting ‘ow’ was a sign of him empathising with the doll, showing he can appreciate its feelings of having its head smacked on the floor? 😂😂😂
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True. A little sadistic to be causing the pain though. I’ll have to keep my eye on this kid. 😉
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Boys? I’ve seen girls about that age and a little older do the same thing, in just about the same sequence. Once I saw a pair of girls dragging a doll up and dropping it down some steps repeatedly — but that time I was supplying the “Ow! Ow! Ow!” effects while they laughed.
I remember holding a baby doll like that (not in a box, though) when I was that age. I don’t remember torturing the realistic baby, but sure did beat up Popeye, Pinocchio, and various animal dolls. And just about all kids, even if they’re trying to be nice to their dolls as they walk along, will revert to dragging them by a foot.
I still have Wolfie (who survived by the luck of being acquired when I was already 8, but still got punched in the snout a lot — some by my little sister — but he shouldn’t’ve bitten us) and Emmet Kelly.
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Some imaginations if Wolfie was biting you.
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He mostly behaves well now, even when he’s been drinking.
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. . .
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A boy in a cardboard box, with a doll, loving, lashing out — he’s just dealing with a few issues. A few decades of counseling and he’ll be fine, don’t worry about it.
When he starts give dolls head transplants, then you can worry …
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Gee, Andrew. Thanks. I feel so reassured…
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Anytime – I’m here for you…
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Ha! Thanks for the huge smile.
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When I was 3 years old and my brother came home from the hospital (not a doll obviously), my mom caught me showing all the neighbor kids that my brother was just like a doll. My proof? His head had soft spots that you could push. “Here, you try!”
My mom was furious. I’m not sure how long we had all been pushing on his soft spots before she caught us, but his head was covered in fingerprints. The worst part was that she had warned me against exactly this sort of behavior.
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Oh no!! But did he turn out okay?
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I guess it depends on who you ask. I always wanted my mom to send him back. But she insisted on keeping him!
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Ugh. Yes, moms and their attachment to the younger siblings. So annoying. 😉
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Dolls were so realistic then that they had a fontanelle? Talk about anatomically correct!
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That is impressive.
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I am rolling over the reimagining of the scene!
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He’s so cute and sweet. Then he does stuff like this, and I’m like, Who are you?! 😛
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He is adorable!
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Thanks, Diane. 🙂
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The doll might be possessed–he may be protecting the family:)
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Excellent point!
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Sounds about right. Although I would have thought he’d use the box as a truck or car before using it as a secret hideout where he keeps the dolls he abducts….
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Yikes! Look where your mind goes. You’re clearly a mystery writer. To be clear, the box was his royal chariot and his sisters were pushing him across the floor.
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My, my, my.
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At other times he says, “Sorry,” so there’s hope for him still.
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Cute 🙂
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Thank you. 🙂
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Did he hit his head that day or hurt himself? He may have been processing what had recently happened to him.
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Honestly can’t remember at this point, but interesting idea!
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I love it
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🙂 Thanks.
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