A Tale Of A Sociopathic Child

A Tale of a Sociopathic Child

By Joseph Parish

The narrative which I am about to share with you is real, and it concerns a six-year-old child sociopath. This dangerous six-year-old is named Beth Thomas. At her tender young age, this ill-fated child was admitted to a clinical psychologist due to her impending dangerous personality. At her young age this adolescent child had previously attempted over a dozen times to murder her younger brother. During her demeaning therapy sessions, she willingly acknowledged that she would kill not only her brother, but her adopted parents as well, if given the opportunity.

Things got so dreadful for this family that her adopted parents, Jill and Rob Tyler eventually had to lock the youngster in her room at night just to ensure the safety of all members of the family, including that of her younger brother. The parents were literally scared of this child. The psychologist, Dr. Ken Magid taped all his sessions with Beth, and they were eventually compiled into a documentary movie entitled “Child of rage.” The 1992 incidents delved deeply into the young child’s past, as her reoccurring nightmares continued to take shape. Her response to the questions presented to her concerning these nightmares was always that she would be sleeping upstairs in the house when he would come up the steps and hurt her. It was ultimately revealed that the mysterious man in her nightmares was her birth father.

Despite the child’s young age, she spoke very detailed about her birth father and things he did to her. Her words were, “… He touched my vagina until it bled, it hurt a lot.” When questioned at what age these issues took place, she would reply that she was only a year old. Tackling the problem from there, the doctor commenced upon addressing topics such as inappropriate sexual behavior for which it was soon discovered that Beth engage in with her birth sibling, John. As the conversation went on, the psychologist inquired as to whether her brother had private parts for which she reluctantly responded, yes. When the inquiry came up with the doctor as to what she did to her brother’s genitals, she replied, “I hurt it… I pinch it. I squeeze it. I kick it.”

Jill, her adopted mother explained how Beth would masturbate at inappropriate times. The mother admitted that at one time Beth had masturbated in the hospital parking lot while she, her brother and she waiting in the car for the adopted father to come out. When the doctor consulted the mother and inquired as to how often the child masturbated, she replied, on a daily basis.

When kitchen knives went missing the mother became very concerned. Realizing the possibility that the little girl might use the knives on her brother, Jill became scared, since it was only a few weeks earlier that the child had smashed her brother’s head against the basement cement floor. After multiple sessions with Dr. Magid, it was determined that perhaps Thomas should be separated from her adopted family for a short period of time. It was then that she was placed in the custody of an expert experienced in dealing with children which had developed early attachment disorders. It would seem that under the strict schedule, and the clear set of rules that were established, that the young girl seemed to be improving and flourishing to the extent of eventually enrolled in public school along with participating in the church choir.

Fortunately, Beth continued to improve with the rigorous therapy she experienced. It was not long before she showed true remorse for the pain, she had previously caused her brother and adopted parents. She eventually grew up, and graduated from the University of Colorado with a major in nursing. Beth currently acts as a guest speaker concerning children affected by “Reactive Attachment Disorder”. I would have given up on that poor child long ago, but fortunately someone held in there for her.

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