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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it happens, but is very rare. In the large majority of cases bad kids result from bad parents. But occasionally some kids are born psychos.[/quote]

Well I think it's very rare for a kid to actually be evil. I think that parenting can cause narcissists (or at least trigger some predisposition to narcissism), and a parent can sort of get a kid into a life of, like, gang violence or something. But a child who truly just wants to do horrible things for no reason at all? I really don't think bad parenting can cause that. I worked as an attorney for bit in a juvenile court system for a while and all the children I saw who were like this had normal parents. [/quote]

NYT article talks about how it’s 80% heritable…The string genetic component makes me think that at least one parent is probably oriented a little differently. Whether that also impacts their parents of their psycho kid is TBD. Of course it’s possible both parents are totally normal and the kid is just genetically unlucky…If that’s the case hopefully the parents can have a positive impact. What a difficult and heartbreaking situation to face as a parent. If I were the OP I would keep my kids and pets away from the friend’s daughter. I hope she doesn’t have pets or siblings! [/quote]

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