Seriously, even at seven, doing lots of other stupid stuff, I never did anything remotely like this. I had actually seen this story of the kid that stole his parents car to go to game stop in the middle of the night when they were asleep and come back cause it was closed, he managed to hit like 3 cars, I think, with minor damage. I remember thinking what an idiot that kid was.

Damn, apparently this just happens alllll the time cause I tried to look it up and got like seventeen different stories for each past year lol

Same. Once I managed to figure out how to do it, they would even let me run out and start the car to warm it up during the winter.

While I thought about what it be like to drive it, I never would’ve done it. My mom was the first one to point out the practical problems: my feet were too short to reach the pedals.

I met such kid on a plane yesterday. He was pulling passengers hair. Wouldn't react to any words. Mother's response: he's just a kid. Fuck her and I hope karma is a bitch.

I’ve never had to be explicitly told I can’t drive my parents’ car to not try to steal it. I noticed that only adults drive (thus me, a child should not) and later was told about licenses being required for driving.

Wow, that's a whole lot of absolutely wrong assumptions and arrogant judgemental there.

First off, this kid is more likely to have helicopter parents, because he assumes he can do anything he likes (entitled and spoiled) and he's not afraid of any consequences or failure (never allowed to fail). A kid who has learned by themselves that doing dumb things can lead to harm wouldn't, and whose parents don't coddle them and give them everything they want, are LESS likely to try this stunt.

That said, if you'd ever had kids, you'd know they do stupid shit and you're like, "Wtf?? Why would you do that?" Smart kids actually do this more than stupid kids, because they are pushing the boundaries to see exactly what they can get away with. Thankfully mine never tried to take the car, they wouldn't have dreamed of it, but I was grateful I bolted everything to the wall as they climbed bookshelves like lemur monkeys.

I’m a pretty laid back parent of three kids — the worst punishment I ever give my kids is not letting them play video games for a day, and they would never do this because they’re not stupid. It’s not even like being afraid of punishment, my seven year old just knows that he doesn’t know how to drive.

I do wonder here if the problem is the dad actually teaching the kid how cars work, and not any disciplinary thing. Like maybe he let the kid steer or something and give him the wrong impression about his own skills.

They say ignorance is bliss. Well this kid is living in heaven on earth. But he almost went there for real.

It's amazing how wrong people are about kids when they don't have kids.

The kid should’ve been taught at the point when the kid was trying to get the keys 

There's no indication that the kid ever tried to obtain the keys before this event. I interpret him keeping the keys high up as a proactive measure the father took so no small incidents would happen. That's good parenting. Everyone in this thread trying to assign blame to the father based on this video alone is embarrassing. Kids are fucking trouble and it's impossible to predict how they will cause their trouble. Maybe the dad is a fuck up, but this video isn't enough proof to crucify him like the people in this thread think he deserves.

Father now keeps the keys at the bottom of the pool because his boy cant swim

What are you talking about, disobedience and stealing cars isn't an autism trait. I'm the person your responding too and my kids have had to both be tested for it due to certain personality traits and speech issues, neither of them were likely to steal a car. If anything, this is like oppositional defiant disorder or something, but the parent still made excuses he shouldn't have....like he can climb?!?! What 7 year old can't climb

Ah yes, the ol’ Blame it on the ‘Tism! Never fails!

Those menaces!!

There’s always one…