I was recently reading my favorite blog, dlisted.com, and the blogger had posted a video of a young boy named David who had just returned from the dentist. Little David is clearly still under the influence of the medicine he was given at the dentist and is saying some pretty interesting stuff. His father decided to video David's antics and post this video on YouTube for the world to see.
Admittedly funny, it seems almost cruel to me that in our day and age, especially with the internet and online video capabilities, that a parent would do this to their child. Yeah, its okay to have a laugh at your child, but is it okay for strangers to laugh, comment and make judgements about your child?
Sadly this is not the first time I have seen a video like this. I do not know if most of you recall, but a couple years ago there was the infamous "Sparkling Wiggles" video on YouTube. This is a video in which a young girl's parents are asking her to say phrases and follow them with the words "Sparking Wiggles". Sounds harmless. However, given that she is just a young child, her diction is not that great and "Sparkling Wiggles" sounds a lot like a racially derogatory term. Her parents ask her to repeat certain things like, "Get a job you 'Sparkling Wiggles'" and other racist comments.
It is almost a natural reaction to laugh the fist time considering you're hearing this from a young gril who probably can't even read yet, let alone understand the concept of racism. To me, however, it is just sad that a parent would put this on the internet, esepcially given the fact that this video garnered a lot of negative attention. Why in the world would a parent want their child to be associated with that sort of behavior?
It seems to me that some parents need to do a little more growing up...
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