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#like a starched 2x4 and expressionlessly knock over vases to watch them break. You don’t understand I am clawing at my EYES
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Moral of Casanova (2005):
Don’t emotionally neglect your child with selective mutism or take them to public executions.
#Casanova (2005)#David Tennant#Like okay I’m a parapro and any time a child was onscreen I was SCREAMING directions at the parent#no he’s not the idiot; you are! GIVE HIM TO ME AND I WILL TAKE CARE OF HIM THE RIGHT WAY#Ughhh poor Giacomo Sr. and Jr.#That one old nurse was like “have you ever seen such a miserable child” like yeah you’re right but must you say it to his face like THAT#Give that kid some fun snacks and other kids to play with and a bin of wooden blocks (so he can dump it)#and also someone who can incorporate his interests into learning and OH MY GOD HIRE ME PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF YOUR CHILD#That poor kid had absolutely zero regulatory skills and the only thing he could manage doing was stand there#like a starched 2x4 and expressionlessly knock over vases to watch them break. You don’t understand I am clawing at my EYES#I’d be like “Hey man… I don’t know if you’re angry or if you just enjoy watching things break; but you’ve been through a lot.#You seem tired. Am I correct?” [wait] “You don’t have to speak if it’s too much. It’s okay.#You’ve been dragged across the world without your consent by someone who doesn’t care about your life or his.#And you’ve just seen him get shot which — regardless of how you feel about him — is pretty scary. I’d be worn out too.”#Okay THAT is how you talk to that kind of kid. You don’t pressure him into being proud of you or call him “idiot” like what the fuck#communication devices weren’t a thing back then but by god I’d draw up the meanest flash cards you’ve ever seen#LET ME IN THE TELEVISION
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