Aside from the fact that they do not see you as a person? They see you as an object to be manipulated. They seek your weaknesses and they abuse them to their own ends.
If you aren't seen as constantly strong then your child will abuse you, either psychologically or physically. I myself use both in order to bend people to my own will.
Your child will probably either have very dull emotions, mainly for themselves. They will probably not understand true empathy for others and because of this they can do whatever they need to, without feeling guilt and without understanding how it can upset others.
As a sociopath myself, I find it very easy to abuse others, even my very close family. Yes I do care for my mother, mainly for the shelter that she provides me, but she is just that, a shelter, and a way of getting money for my own needs. When I have left home and I have a stable income, I don't think I'll visit her any more, if I have no need for her then there is no use in continuing the relationship. She does not know that I am a sociopath and the constant mask is rather exhausting.
The main danger is the violence. They have no worry about how it will effect others and often act on erratic instincts. Also, the more that I hit people physically, the more I enjoy it, it's like a drug that you can't ever put down. If your child is violent then I advise you to give them a way to vent their anger, if they try to hold it in, it only gets more powerful.
From my limited understanding, not really. Sociopathic behavior can be identified at an early age. If the child does not "outgrow" these behaviors by 15-16yrs of age, then they can be labeled as having an antisocial personality problem or a sociopath.
Ask the psychiatrist treating the child. If the child hasn't seen a psychiatrist then take him/her to a really good child psychiatrist; don't diagnose or label a child as a sociopath on the basis of what you read on this and other sites. With children, it's easy to mistake bad behaviour for sociopathic behaviour.
Child molesters are extremely dangerous! They take children's virtue and innocence and scar the child for the rest of their life. Unless, you consider having you child be touched/molested alright, they are dangerous.
There is no effective treatment for psychopathy, the disease is incurable.
It can be. For example; if a child is raised by a sociopath, the sociopath raising them might be cold and distant(because they could have trouble making an attachment with the child.) The sociopath raising them can also be highly abusive. As a result, the child could grow up to have a sociopathic personality, because thats all they know.
bulllying, selfishness above normal(?), cruelty, ignoring the plight of others(hard to detect in a child)
Dangerous Child was created on 2001-07-16.
Yes, in some adoption situations it can create areas in which children develop dissociative, narcissistic, or sociopathic traits. Outside of mental and genetic abnormalities, these traits generally develop from the child's environment.Ê
A sociopathic child that will one day become a serial killer. Or a mentally ill/sociopathic serial killer adult that got annoyed with the cat. Also, possibly the mafia.
Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber was created in 2005.
It can be dangerous, depending on the child. If the child cries, he or she is hurt. If not, the child is fine. Depending the weight of the child, it may or may not be hurt.
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