Can a 7 year old be a sociopath?

Answer 1

SEE AN EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL!YES -- it is now solidly known that a three-year-old child CAN be a sociopath, BECAUSE THE CONDITION IS CONGENITAL.

Get help, the faster the better.

And if you possibly can, find someone trained by Dr. Robert Hare of Canada; he has developed a specialized type of therapy that will help child psychopaths (sociopaths) veer off the destructive path and have the best life the illness allows! Arguably, he is the ONLY one who knows how to train therapists to deal with sociopaths, and has a special type of therapy developed for children with this devastating mental illness.

See his BOOK, "Without Conscience," available at online bookshops, and you'll be able to understand much more.

(Previous)Probabaly not, at this age it is normal for a child to feel that he/she is the only one in the world or seem to be indifferent to the consequenses of actions. At this age it may be more of a dicipline issue. You have to TEACH good behavior and virtues such as kindsness, thought for others etc. Those virtues are not born in our children. That isn't to say that all children come here horrible, some are just easier to teach. BUT they are clean slates at this age... this is an opportunity to SHOW them what is acceptable and what isn't. Just remember who is the adult and who is the child. You are the TEACHER he is the student. If something is unacceptable at this age do something about it now. If you wait, he may become that sociopath or psychopath. A child will learn more from his parent between the ages of 1 and 7. You have a window of opportunity now. You can't wait until they are 15 to start asking. Dicipline. There is your answer.

I read that all three-year-olds would be considered psychopaths if assessed by adult standards, and this is developmentally normal because they don't know any better. I remember when I was that age myself, I honestly did not understand that actions had real consequences (apart from the consequences my parents chose to impose for reasons I didn't understand) and I could not wrap my brain around the concept that people had feelings. Kids need to be taught this stuff - and to actually be made to understand it, not just be told. I couldn't tell you how to do that though.

There are theories that some children can have an "attachment disorder" that puts them at risk for future sociopathy. If treated early enough and appropriately, however, the prognosis does not have to be negative.

NEW INFORMATION:

Can a child be a psychopath?

: It Is Now Known To Be Possible..Yes. It is now known that it can be diagnosed in childhood, since the underlying brain dysfunction is present at birth.

It was up until very recently believed that children cannot be diagnosed as psychopaths; the newest research, recently published, says that it starts in the womb. The condition is inborn and, so far, incurable. But neuroscience will almost certainly be able to develop some way of compensating for and even partially correcting this terrible condition with the use of computer chips and other artificial implants in the brain, and as well a certain type of specialized inpatient therapy geared to awakening as much as is possible in the person as soon as the condition is diagnosed.

One of the problems with anything wrong with one's central nervous system is that if it's severe and pervasive enough, it can interfere with the autonomic and peripheral nervous systems as well. In psychopaths, such maladies as what was once called neurasthenia (a state of unnatural sedation) or epilepsy (seizure disorders) are far more frequent than in the general population. Many people who are not psychopaths have some of the more than 100 forms of peripheral neuropathy, but some of these may be more common in psychopaths.

The autonomic nervous system, which prepares the body for emergencies (fight-or-flight) is erratic and inefficient in a psychopath, which can, in some situations, lead to fatal accidents; human beings have adrenaline for a reason, and the sympathetic nervous system of a true psychopath is sluggish and cannot sustain arousal for long. (In Borderline Personality Disorder, the problem is the opposite: the sympathetic nervous system responds too easily, too strongly, and way too often!)

Aside from this is the fact that a true psychopath has an extremely peculiar brainwave pattern: while awake, their brain waves most resemble a hybrid of normal waking brain waves and alpha-level sleep waves. And they often tend to sleep deeply.

Emotionally, they are cold, detached, distant, and yet deeply resentful of normal people. They know they're missing something, and often spend most of their typically short, tragic lives avenging themselves on others for what they cannot ever enjoy. So they are not truly emotionless, but they do not love, do not know true joy, and are hostile and destructive.

This ISN'T the work of the Devil; it's Nature gone horribly awry. ANYTHING THAT CAN DAMAGE THE DEVELOPING NERVOUS-SYSTEM IN A FETUS OR VERY YOUNG CHILD CAN CAUSE OR SEVERELY EXACERBATE THIS CONDITION.

THAT INCLUDES STREET DRUGS, ALCOHOL, and even SMOKING!!!

It also includes some medications; check with your obstetrician before taking anything at all during your pregnancy!

During delivery, using a forceps to grasp the baby's head should be avoided if at all possible. Any touching of the area over the FONTANEL (soft spot on top of the baby's head) must be done with caution until the fontanel has closed.

Any head injury that causes dizziness -- even without loss of consciousness -- should be treated as a medical emergency.

And another thing: NEVER SHAKE YOUR BABY!!! NO MATTER WHAT!

Answer 2

Absolutely. Children can display many types of behavior related with a sociopath such as hurting animals or other people around them without regard. It is important to note that such behavior can also just be a child being curious and it is necessary to explain to the child the importance of what they are doing.

Answer 3

Anyone of any age can be a Sociopath.