Great parenting skills.
Not now, but maybe when he gets older and has kids.
Meet Alex: New York's Youngest Hustler
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#22I have to wonder if the attention he gets is because of his age. He certainly wouldn't get away with a lot of the things mentioned in the article if he were, say, 20.
Good point. However, if he builds enough contacts between now and when he's twenty, that won't be much of a problem.
If he has a trust fund to support him for his entire adult life, then he's all set.
Otherwise, at some point he's going to have to do more than hang around, look cute, and do occasional odd jobs for free. I saw no evidence from the article that he's prepared for that aspect of adult life. It doesn't seem like his parents are even trying to prepare him.
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#23So when this becomes a Law and Order episode, will the kid be the victim or the murderer?
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#24I think he's probably literally psychopathic. I say this as someone reading who's been reading Wikipedia about the subject for about 5 minutes. My official diagnosis is that he is a Factor 1 psychopath exhibiting symptoms of Narcissistic Personality Disorder for positive effect according to PCL-R Model of psychopathy. Alex behaviour demonstrates a strong correlation with the known symptoms of psycopathy including: gl…
Sociopathic, perhaps... but psychopathic? I'm not sure he fits the description even based on the symptoms you've listed.
- Glib and superficial charm: Is there any other sort of charm?
- Pathological lying: Yes, there are depictions of lies (lady in the swimming pool), but are they substantively pathological?
- Conning and manipulation: These are mistaken for being the same thing; from the article, he is certainly a manipulator, but perhaps not a conman.
- As for lack of remorse, callousness, poor behavioral controls, impulsivity, irresponsibility, and failure to accept responsibility for one's actions... couldn't these be symptomtic of adolescence as well???
That said, I agree that this kid needs a dose of humility, and I'm sure he's going to get it in spades over the next few years.
Re: Meet Alex: New York's Youngest Hustler
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Good point. However, if he builds enough contacts between now and when he's twenty, that won't be much of a problem.
If he has a trust fund to support him for his entire adult life, then he's all set. Otherwise, at some point he's going to have to do more than hang around, look cute, and do occasional odd jobs for free. I saw no evidence from the article that he's prepared for that aspect of adult life. It doesn't seem like his parents are even trying to prepare him.
The article states he works for free at the Nike store and others because of child labor laws.