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Here at ParentDish, we debate over whether it's wrong to give your baby a single Pop Rock, but when it comes to a video of a 2-year-old Sumatran boy smoking, we're in agreement: not OK.
In this video making the rounds online, Ardi Rizal -- who was given his first cigarette at 11 months -- puffs away. The toddler smokes four packs a day, NBC reports.
"He cries and throws tantrums when we don't let him smoke. He's addicted," his father, Mohammad Rizal, says.
What do you think of this video?
Correction, November 5, 2010: Story was updated with new information.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 27)
5-26-2010 @ 5:15PM
jennifer said...This is child abuse! I can't even fathom giving a child a cigarette! What is wrong with his family? Let the child have a tantrum, he needs to get the nicotine out of his system. Parents need to go back to actually raising thier kids and not letting society do it for them. This is just heartbreaking to watch.
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5-26-2010 @ 7:57PM
Kenlly said...I cant believe a Parent would give a 2 yr. old kid Cigarettes......Im not a mother yet but one thing I say is that the parents of this kid is abusing him the Parents should get arrested for this type of thing...and Jennifer what you said is also true
5-26-2010 @ 8:10PM
defjammuz1k said...i bet you were fed fast food as a child. maybe you do the same with your children....is this not also child abuse?..i know it is.. so don't go preachin and try to justify yourself...you make me sick and repulsed. i vomit in my mouth cus of ppl like you >:(
5-27-2010 @ 10:31AM
c. lee said...Aol! you should be ashamed of yorself; that, is child abuse. i thougt it was going to be a joke. if there was video of a two-year old having sex, you would show that too. i am going to cancell my service. i advise everyone else to do the same. The parents should be shot for this crime!
5-27-2010 @ 10:40AM
PAULSTARNYC said...WHO IS RAISING THIS KID? DINA LOHAN?
5-27-2010 @ 12:15PM
Helene said...This is so disgusting and purely the parents are unfit. This is child abuse! I dont think the man in the video will still be laughing when he finds out that his little baby has lung cancer in the next year or two. Dont dare blame a baby for having a fit because he needs a cigerette when you are the culprit for his dismay...idiots for parents! Is there anything that can be done to stop this abuse? Does his country even care?!
5-27-2010 @ 12:16PM
PANTYsnifer said...LIGHT UP, OOOOPS i mean lighten up
5-27-2010 @ 12:20PM
Lewis said...Well, I think I've just about seen everything now!
5-27-2010 @ 1:04PM
adam kleinfeld said...these parents should be in jail, total child abuse, kid is obese and smokes two packs a day and yet still wears diapers, it doesnt get much worse than this. he will be dead before he is 10 soesnt get more sad, just wonder what dad can be thinking is right about this
5-27-2010 @ 1:49PM
Katie said...O.K. I personally don't think it's right to give a child a cigarette however, you all seem to miss the point that in their culture, this maybe perfectly normal and natural. Let's not make judgements or build bias on this act based on our culture.
5-27-2010 @ 1:50PM
Karen said...why are parents not arrested is all i want to know. and big deal if child has a fit. how are they going to handle a teenager if they can't handle a toddler. and if the child hadn't been given the first one, he wouldn't have gotten addicted anyway. there are no words for how reprehensible this is
5-27-2010 @ 1:57PM
Cherokee said...You're so right Jennifer. It's abuse of the worst kind. It's sad what the "Village" mentality has done to this world. The gene pool needs a serious dose of chlorine.
5-27-2010 @ 2:23PM
jenn said...What the -----... thats all i can say. I have issues with my kids eating to much candy... ad they let them smoke to pack a day.. one is to much!!!!!! Something should be done about this!
5-27-2010 @ 2:45PM
mark said...This is OBVIOUSLY micro economy at work...it makes money!!! Didn't you hear those cameras clicking non-stop in the background. It's such an outrage it's worth big money to the parents to do this. Now, the world media and dopes like you jumping up and down about it create a higher demand for this little smoking monkey show. What's sad is that media is participating - willingly - and the profits FLOW for all!!!!!
5-27-2010 @ 2:59PM
everette said...different countries, different values, just happens to be that ours is the most prudent country, yet people here will smoke in the house with the kids, or even the car. so they might as well give their kid a smoke any way. not that i am for kids smoking, our country need to stay out of others affairs.
5-27-2010 @ 2:58PM
Simzee said...We all know it's wrong to let the kid smoke.....BUT YOU AS A PARENT ARE JUST AS BAD. You take your kid to a fast food place & let them get OBESE. You also DRINK acohol if front of them. We know YOU also let them SIP you acoholic beverage. Don't say YOU don't...If you do, you lie.
5-27-2010 @ 3:27PM
memphisbelle said...Well, at least the kid doesn't appear to be inhaling. Could be worse.
5-27-2010 @ 3:36PM
mr ken said...You have got to be kidding me. This should be just as unlawful as child porn, child prostitution, child abuse, contribting to the delienquency of a minor.
5-28-2010 @ 10:53AM
Courtney said...OH MY GOSH!! Who actually thought this was a good thing to post on the internet. I know there are some crazy things out there but this crosses a major line. Im a mother of two and i smoke but NEVER would i be ok with a child smoking. im trying to quit smoking myself because i dont want my kids to think its ok. But anyone who laughs at this (in my eyes) are just as guilty. THIS IS NOT A LAUGHING MATTER
5-27-2010 @ 3:44PM
Janet said...This father and mother needs to be charged and jailed for the attempted murder of their child by poisoning him little by little! His organs aren't even fully developed, and we all know what happens to the lungs of adults who smoke, and are at risk of stroke, heart attack, lung disease, etc.!
If this man and wife are doing this to their child, who is unable to make an educated choice whether to smoke or not, I would be very concerned about possible child sex and physical abuse.
This is totally unacceptable!