One thing I've always wondered about is the thoughts of humans. Why we do such actions that make no sense. You have a young boy who sees a shiny ring of keys on the dining room table. He grabs them and starts playing with them. Two minutes later his mother walks in, sees the kid playing with her keys, and takes them away saying, "Don't touch these keys." She puts them back on the dining room table, within reach of the boy. Again the boy goes for the keys (remember now, that the boy doesn't go for the keys until the mother is away). He starts playing with them again. The mother walks in again and sees the boy, "Now I can't trust you, I will place the keys high up where you can't take them." She places them ontop of the refrigerator. This is the point that baffles me. The boy will now (when the mother isn't looking)
try to get the keys, he will place boxes to act like a ladder, or he will just climb any places he can to get those keys. I have a two conclusions to draw upon this:
- The kid doesn't understand his mother and thinks it's a game. (this would probably explain why he waits until the mother leaves)
- The kid is an attention freak and wants his mother's attention. (this would be the mothers fault AKA television)
I see no other reason for this except misinterpretation (1) or bad parenting (2).
