HELP!!! My son is so mean to our animals.?

Question

My son throws our kitten around, kicks the dog, and recently he killed our rabbit by throwing her down the stairs. What can ANYONE suggest to help us help him. I am terrified that this will get worse. I have also heard that when children abuse animals as children they are more likely to be violent as adults. Is that true. Please HELP!!!

Answer 1

Yes this is certianly a concern, here are some suggestions for you that you could try and also some other possibilties you may wish to look deeper into that may be a cause for his uncaring behaviour.

First of all find out what is going into your sons brain, example, what type of DVDs does he watch, what type of video games does he play magazines he looks and reads, what style of music does he listen to and what are thier lyrics suggest and talk about and what type of persons are his freinds?

Find out all the above and look at the over all input into his mind that he is feeding on, try to remove and limit all the negativity that is going into his head.

It may well be that his brain is getting to much hate, anger, violence, death and destruction passing through it each day and this is growing and growing and if it does not stop, then yes surely things will get worse.

Find out what is going on in his life, pay more attention to him, listen to him solve any concerns he raisses, how is school going for him is he being picked on, he maybe dishing out on animals what is dished out to him at school?

Does he have any friends at school, is he in a sports team? get him involved with a group of some kind playing sport with a team or something.

Ask him many questions and search his heart and find out where his anger or frustration is coming from.

You need to replace any negative influences going into his mind with positive influences, teach him it is better to love, be caring have empathy show him these words in the dictionary and teach him the benifit.

Also let him know there are consequences of this type of behaviour with the law, how freinds and family will view him, if he doesnt care, then right there is his problem, you must go deeper into what is the cause of his unhappiness.

Take him to bible studies teach him it is nature to love and be kind, show him videos on our great animals so he can learn that they are beuatiful creatures and without them the world wouldnt be so wonderful.

Take him to the Zoo let him feel that animals are living souls and should be respected and cared for put a cute kitten screensaver on his computer or on yours for him to see everyday, remember feed his mind good positive wholesome images.

Talk to his teachers and get him this book i reccomend its free "young people ask, answers that work" published by Watchtower Society or Jehovahs Witnesses, it will give him some excellent material to read that i am sure will find his problem and cause of it and start to reconstruct him agin into a more loving caring normal teenager :)

Goodluck all the best, hope this is of use to you my friend.

Give your son a look at these answers especially this one, let him know you love him and care for him and if he wishes he or you can contact me and we can talk about this further.

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Answer 2

Aww....poor rabbit. Well I think you should well.....first of all
not buy anymore pets if you child is going to abuse them..
and that will teach him a lesson to be
more kind and loving toward them
and not treat them like dirty rag.......
also maybe you should talk to your child
and ask him why he does it, it may not stop but
at least you know a little but more about why your
child is acting like this. Also maybe your child needs to see a phschialogist.[[no offense]] The doctor can help solve your problem.I am not so sure...about the whole violent adult thing, but
I guess early childhood violence could result
in something more when he gets older.
So good luck and I hope I have helped!

p.s[[for the time being keep the animals you currently have a a friends, or neighbors, house to keep safe untill you fix this problem]]

Answer 3

Well research says that animal abuse is a pre-curser to a person being a bully and/or abuser later in life. Perhaps you should take your son to a child psych or some kind of counselling help in order to stem this.

Answer 4

you need to take the animals away which would eliminate the competition that he might be feeling in regards to your attention, slowly introduce things to him like take him to the zoo and to the farms where the animals are in their own environment and he might find it more interesting also be sure that hunting games or movies or anything that might promote violence towards animals are kept at a difference, and there is nothing saying that your kid will become violent, all those ideas are all in theory and there is an enormous gap between theory and practise, good luck

Answer 5

First of all, get rid of the poor animals. They do not deserve to be abused. I would get some counseling for the child ASAP. Find out where this is coming from and try to change the behavior.

Answer 6

Your son is mentally ill. You need to go to the doctor and report the abuses. Doctors can help him. He'll need therapy and maybe medications. Good luck. If you don't take action now, yes, this child could grow up to be violent and maybe kill someone. Meantime, I'd find good homes for your pets (to protect them). If you manage to get help for you son, he may grow up just fine.

Answer 7

First save the animals and find them a new home. Second ask your doctor about behavioral problems and who to see about therapy/assessments. Third what you heard could be true if you dont do any thing.

A friend of mine has a 5yo boy with mild autism. Whenever they visit he tries to bite my dog, stab my fish with whatever he can find and pulls my hair. Eventhough he is only here a short time I find that distracting him with something else before it happens helps but keeps you on your toes!!

Goodluck

Answer 8

I would find a good home for the pets. Then, get some professional help for your son. This is not normal. Yes, I've heard that same thing.

Answer 9

Your son needs professional intervention asap! Children who are cruel to animals I have heard can grow to become very dangerous adults. This isn't something to be taken lightly. Good luck.

Answer 10

If he keeps putting the animals in danger call the cops on him. Let them talk to him about hurting or killing the animals. He can go to jail over that.