Child Of Rage: Documentary Analysis

Review of literature indicates that there have been, and still are sociopathic children who kill, and commit sadistic crimes in this world. Is it possible that such young people can develop sociopathic traits? This paper intends to prove so. Sociopathic children display certain archetypes that can either be taken as a warning, or something to go off of when getting the child help. Children who develop sociopathic traits at a young age can most likely be treated with the help of psychologists, and constant encouragement from parents. However, some children do not take to the treatment and do not feel empathy, or remorse to those around them. If these children are not treated for their behavior, problems are more than likely to

The documentary and CBS movie with the same name, Child of Rage, focuses on Beth Thomas, a child who has reactive attachment disorder. The documentary focused on how child abuse and neglect can affect a child’s development. As individuals grow and develop, attachments form with surroundings, caregivers, and guardians. As infant’s form attachments with their caregivers and guardians, certain characteristics lead to different attachment disorders, one being reactive attachment disorder.

The documentary, Child of Rage (HBO & Monet, 1990), is sad and disturbing. According to the American Psychiatric Association (APA, 2013), the child meets much of the criteria for conduct disorder. The child was shown to frequently bully, threaten, intimidate, use pins on people and animals with the intention to harm, was physically cruel to people and animals, stole and hid knives, sexually molested her little brother and stated she wanted to kill her parents and brother which are many of criterion A set forth in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual – 5 (APA, 2013). She did not seem to be remorseful or feel guilty at the beginning of the HBO & Monet (1990) documentary but did express remorse as evidenced crying at the end. While she was talking with the interviewer she seemed to exhibit a lack of empathy and did not show emotion and would most likely have a specifier of childhood onset with limited prosocial emotions and is severe (APA, 2013). I felt it was remarkable the therapy she received did so much for her and literally saved her life.

After watching this film, I learned to never judge or discriminate others because of the color of their skin or because of their appearance. The Documentary entitled A Class Divided surprised and helped me understand how other races feel when they are being discriminated. It also displayed the different attitude the kids portrayed due to power. It also showed me we have to implement change to our young kids at an early age. We should continue to educate everyone that all should be treated equally no matter what their appearance appears to be. The scene I would remember a month from now from this film is the different body language each kid displayed, how confused they were. The behavior that each child shown. Some felt left out; some felt like

Gerard Jones main claim in his essay is that he believes that stories that we read to children at a young age that have “media violence” are used well by children (222). In a sense of words this could be true. Jones essay also says that children tend to use violence to get over traumatic situations. He give the example of September 11, He remembers kids talking about the horrid pictures they had seen and then then children play with airplanes pretending to crash them into buildings. There parents on the other hand were much different and shaken up and scared. He says this comes from the children going up playing graphical video games. I believe this is true, with kids who are allowed to watch or play violent games or shows. As in the situation

Why We Fight released to the viewing public in 2005. One of several documentaries by director Eugene Jarecki. Narrator Walter Huston did not uniquely stand out from the cast yet held a neutral position. Music selection on the other hand, stood out boldly from the plot. As the issues of war and freedom intensified so did the music. If people mourned the deaths of others soft spoken emotional music evoked feeling. The film adds to the propaganda exampled by the subject matter. Fluency of the film immediately stood out to me. Jarecki’s attention to detail, diverse mediums, and personal opinion as well as entertainment of the viewer were well taken care of in this film with the exception of fluency. The film’s purpose is to question the viewer about the preemptive community of the American

Based on Anthony’s age and referencing Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development, he is currently in the initiative versus guilt stage. Anthony should have developed trust and autonomy already and is beginning to have ideas about activities he wants to engage in. This was observed during my time at the daycare as he was often seen attempting to create his own father’s day card without listening to the instructions. Although Anthony was reprimanded for not listening, he appeared unmoved and continued his behavior. Anthony appeared not to have any particular attachment to the assistant teacher however, he was observed talking to his sister Amber more than the other children. The text mentioned that gender differences are shown in emotion and boys tend to show more anger during

In “Violent media is a good for kids”, Gerard Jones as the writer states that violent media helps him and his child overcoming the rage and their deepest fears using characters from the story. Hulk is the character who could trigger and changed him to be brave. By using his fantasy, Gerard success on making himself unafraid of his desires, and the world’s disapproval. He even wrote some Hulk stories which turned into action figures, cartoons, and computer games. From the loneliness and fears that he felt, then he found a figure who could change him into totally better person, even though the figures might show him some violent action which people mostly thought as a bad thing. The same thing goes to Jones child who once afraid to climb. Then,

Emotional abuse is more than just mean words, it is defined as a person subjecting, or exposing, another person to behavior that may result in psychological trauma (Murno, 1), and while it is one of the most common forms of abuse it’s also the least talked about. In the play Death of a Salesman Willy Loman, the protagonist was emotionally abusive to his sons Biff and Happy, this caused Biff and Happy to show mental and behavioral effects of abuse. Consequently Biff and Happy show signs that are common in children that have been emotionally abused proving that their lifestyle choices were caused by Willys emotional abuse . Emotional abuse can have many different effects on a child, one of the noticeable signs of an emotionally abused child is problems

What I've noticed about the documentary is that the migrant workers tend to be influenced by both the outside world and their families. They feel conflicted. Do they want better for themselves or do they want to stay trapped because being 'trapped' is almost a safety blanket for them? They notice that people look down on them in society. For instance, not many in the United States speak Spanish fluently so they feel out casted just by language barrier alone. They may feel as if this is a world that doesn't want them, they only want to see them struggle beause they arent like the others. The older girl in the film, Perla is always stating she wants a degree to become a lawyer, because she wants to help people like herself. However, she states

Child Rage is a short documentary that portrays the life of Beth whom suffered from severe behavioral problems as a result of being sexually abused as a child by her biological father. A minister and his wife decided to adopt two children, Beth and her brother. Some of the first signs that the adoptive parents noticed in Beth were that she displayed outburst of violent rage for no apparent reason. Some of her violent acts included tearing her room apart, killing of baby birds and sexually attacking her younger brother. When the mother caught Beth sexually abusing her brother she initially didn’t know what to do. Although, it was odd and bazar behavior the only initial interference that took place is that they would lock Beth in her room during

The necessities turn into more perplexing right now in the chain of command. Since the more essential survival needs have been satisfied, individuals start to feel that they require more control and request to their lives. A sheltered spot to live, money related security, physical wellbeing, and staying sound are all worries that may become an integral factor at this stage. Belonging, love, and affection. This need is particularly solid in childhood and can override the need for safety as witnessed in youngsters who cling to abusive parents. It is normally due to hospitalism, neglect, shunning, alienation and it can affect the individual’s ability to frame and maintain emotionally significant relationships in general for instance - friendship,

Casey came to me for services regarding her relationship and the anger that she demonstrates towards her partner. Ever since she told her parents about her relationship with a person of the same sex, they distanced themselves from her because she felt that they could not longer relate to her. She has been feeling overwhelmed, stressed out and has resorted to drinking to mellow out. She no longer enjoyed thinks that she used to love and always felt as if she was stressed.

According to Times of Malta, in December 2013 peacekeepers and soldiers were assigned to protect citizens due to the violence between Muslims and Christians. The rebel group, "Seleka" took power from the north and Christians began to blame the entire Muslim community for crimes committed by them. Currently, there are 535,000 refugees many who are women and children displaced by this war. However, instead of diffusing the situation French soldiers made it worse. They've been accused of giving Anti-balaka weapons after they disarmed Seleka. In addition, children now orphans due to the violence taken place were hungry and wanted food sought the assistance of nearby soldiers. In exchange for food and water the children were sexually abused by soldiers and demanded to perform sexual acts on each other.

The next big reason is the kid could be taught to be aggressive towards others.Some parents teach their kids to defend themselves which is good but sometimes the kid will use what he was taught to get what he wants from people instead of just using it to defend himself.Being taught martial arts could make a kid more aggressive just because he thinks he is more powerful than anybody else.If a kid thinks such a thing he may start to bully people to do or give the other kid whatever they want.The kid may also steal from someone weaker just because they know they can take the other kid in a fight or because they know that the other kid may not do anything at all making the child that is stealing feel even more powerful.