Its amazing what lengths children will go to avoid doing someting they dont want

it's amazing how often kids seem to be able to get access to car keys nowadays. this isn't the first case i'd heard of this. man,back in the day if i'd have even thought of taking a cruise,i would have got my butt beat. it's..unusual for a boy..but damned determined,gotta give him that. my cousin's kid went into the cupboard and threw out all the canned veggies she didn't like when their back was turned,but nothing like that.

Oh man. That's pathetic! Yeah, he deserves a spanking. A quick kick in the rear wouldn't hurt either! And I'm sure you'll get people saying spanking is child abuse. Perhaps, depending on what someone's definition of "spanking" is. I got spanked. And I'll tell ya, it kept me out of a lot of trouble!

This is a child who has never known any discipline, who has been allowed to do what he wants and probably even encouraged to do inappropriate things....like driving the car. Kids need limits, they need discipline, they need to be shown the correct way to do things....children learn by copying. Parents should be setting a GOOD example to their offspring. This is not an amusing situation ...the child has already proved he is a threat to the safety of the public by driving the car. His parents should be forced to go to school top learn correct parenting and the child should be placed with a family who actually care about and love their children.

I think it might be normal for a little guy...and I have seen kids go to great lengths not to do something....my son was telling me that my little granddaughter didn't want to take a bath one night.....he asked me if I have ever seen a cat when they don't want to get into the water....they spread all fours and try to hang on to something so they don't get put in the water.....well that is what my granddaughter did....he said she looked just like a cat trying to stay out of the water....once in she was mad...so she took the sprayer and sprayed down her mother with water....she lost all her toys. Has to earn them back one at a time...she is four.

I am in agreement with you.My parents gave me a smack if I was naughty,they did not abuse me at all.I really think it is the parents responsiblity to let the children know what is acceptable before they go to school.I will say something after a smack of my parents I behaved myself and made sure I did not repeat that behaviour.It taught me a lesson doing the same with my own,are all above intelligence and trustworthy people.They work hard and do the same with their kids,Not one of them has been in trouble with the police,or anything serious at school.Not one of them are perfect but they do know what is right and wrong.If your parents tell you to do something like go to church under the age of sixteen then you should oblige out of respect.After that age you can compramise and come to an agreement that suits you both.Hopfully by that age they would have learn't enough respect to agree anyway.I always warned mine a few times before I smacked them giving them enough warnings ,then wack ,they learn't to behave and what is wrong with that.

i had been told about this by a friend and i laughed when i heared it. the only punishment i can think of is to give him an hold fashion grounding with a good slapping, i agree it was very extreme for the boy to end up doing this but from what i think in my own opinion is that this boy could be mentaly ill or jsut really hates god :o

I would say the PARENTS need to be punished for not raising their child better, and for not keeping a better eye on their child. When we were that age (we, being my sister and I) we never got far enough out of our parents site to be able to pull a stunt like that. while the child is somewhat to blame in this case, it's not completely the childs fault!!

YEs it was on yesterday too. and come to find out that it happened in a small town my sister lives in , in Utah! I heard they are making him go to church several times a week so dont think it was an Mormon Church as they have put thiers only to Sundays which are 3 hours long!

I saw that on TV and agree that a good spanking is deserved. Kids will try anything. I was pretty bad. The worst thing I did was when I was about 12 or 13 years old and at that time lived and breathed indoor ice skating. There was something special going on one afternoon at the rink and I was determined to get out of school so I could attend. I took a little baggie of powdered laundry detergent to school and told most of the class ( except myself and my pals) that it was sneezing powder They all sniffed it, it worked and they all were sneezing like crazy. The teacher thought it was some kind of flu epidemic and we all got sent home! Hurrah!! I went skating! The next day half the class were missing as they had severe nose bleeds. It did not take long for someone to rat me out. I got suspended and no pocket money or skating for a month! I never did that again.

I do not think it is normal behavior for any child to do something like that. My husband and I seen this on the news last night. I think children act like wild animals these days. They know more in their young age than I ever did. I would hate to have to raise another one in these times.

This kid really needs some serious punishment, if he is stealing cars and joy riding at 7 what will he be doing at 17? Someone could have been killed including him. Not to mention that while the police were out trying to stop him, they were taken away from other crimes. Though most kids don't like having to sit through church, they don't steal cars to get out of it. ~~AT PEACE WITHIN~~ **STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS**

I would say his behavior is unusual but not unheard of. He may even have a computer game that teaches him how to drive. Church can be very hard on kids Sunday school can be bad if you don't know your lessons and get teased by other children. The first thing I would find out is why this kid didn't want to go. Then try to fix the problem from that end, of course it goes without saying that the kid would be over forty before he was allowed to drive.

Who knows why this child decided to do this? Kids can get very creative when they are trying to avoid something. I once read a story about a German girl whose mother asked her to clean her room. The girl instead held a sign in the window that said "Help" and looked like she was crying. (Or something among these lines). The police came to the door and the mother explained that the girl was supposed to be cleaning her room and so the police I believe made sure the girl cleaned her room before he left. Might not be word for word but the story went along these lines and yes it is a true story from a news source. Personally I would not go with spanking. In anger I always found that my parents would make their spankings even harder depending on just how angry they were. Sometimes it was a belt and a bare bottom. Once my mother broke a wooden spoon as she whipped across my bare bottom. All I ever did was resent her for it. I still hold some hard feelings towards her about it as well. Of course spanking was only the beginning. It might get your child to stop bad behavior but it may make them more rebelleous like it did me. And anyways, is anything a child does worth this sort of treatment? Even criminals who go out and murder people do not get spanked or whipped with belts on their bare bottoms. I'll just never understand the logic that goes behind spanking a child. We can't go blaming the church I do not think. It could have been that this child simply did not want to go to church. Many children can find church as being boring. He probably thought well I could get away in the car and I won't have to go. He's a child and he has an immature way of thinking. He's only 7 years old not 27. I am sure that he had learned his lesson that day. And he probably ran from the cops because he was scared. After all cops are the ones who take you to jail. Maybe the parents could have let the police talk with the little boy about how dangerous a thing he did and later re-enforce it at home. Sometimes a child is much more willing to listen to someone else other than their own parent. And I think having a good talking to with the police would likely set him straight.

I saw that today too on the news, I haven't recently seen any kids do anything of that nature but I have a friend that started going to school online so he wouldn't have to get a job.

Yes, now that i have thought about it, i did know a boy that went to extremes to avoid certain things. He was the victim of abuse, and did his best to avoid places that he knew he had no control over.