Podcast Bad Baby Analysis

The podcast Bad Baby starts off by introducing the story of a mother who has a blog where she talks about the eldest of her three children that genuinely enjoys creating chaos. They connect her story to that of a novel called The Fifth Child, written by Doris Lessing, and how she wrote the novel based on a folklore about goblins that look like children taking the place of actual children. After talking about the book and folklore, psychologist Paul Bloom weighs in on the idea of a bad baby by giving a brief overview of some research he has done regarding a young child's sense of morality. The podcast ends on the reverse side of things where instead of a child wanting to inflict pain, the child wants to be on the receiving end of corporal punishment. My emotions as I was listening to the different acts of this podcast were on a roller coaster. The idea that a child can be born and at such an early age and have a desire to murder their siblings or their parents was very chilling. I have always been very empathetic and have trouble trying to put myself in …show more content…
However, when Chris Gethard was talking about how he acted as a child it did not sound like his reign of terror was as intense as the one the child of the first speaker had. When Chris and his mother spoke about his childhood it sounded like he just enjoyed getting his mother into trouble and being the center of attention but the first child sounded like he enjoyed seeing physical pain and struggle that he caused. In my opinion, the latter is much more severe than the former. The story of the foster child towards the end of the podcast had me thinking about how children receive punishment. The mother who first spoke, in the beginning, mentioned she tried a lot of different methods to correct his behavior that never seemed to be effective and the child, now an adult, in the last portion knew how he wanted his behavior to be