As some of you may remember from my past posts, SS has been in trouble the last 4 wks at school for punching a kid and throwing a chair at a kid.

Last year, he had at least 5 incidents of hitting other students that I can remember. He even choked a girl in his class.

He is no longer allowed to touch, speak to or even look at our animals because he is always hitting and choking them.

This past weekend, SO tells me that SS found a frog in bucket that he has in the yard. I'm unclear if it was this weekend he found it or another. Anyway, he proceeds to tell me that he was asking SS about the frog and SS told him, "I killed that frog with a metal pole." He also said, "I thought it would make me feel good but it didn't"

Now, I'm not saying SS is going to grow up and be a serial killer or anything, but I did find the statement "I thought it would make me feel good but it didn't" very disturbing.

I can't help but wonder where this comes from. Neither BM nor SO spank the kid. He isn't growing up in a violent atmosphere.

SO says, He's just being a boy. I grew up with brothers and male cousins. I don't recall them hurting dogs and cats and killing frogs, but they all did hunt and kill animals.

Is it just a boy thing? :?