3th in Hey, buddy, got a light?

So.
I recently made it a point to have a talk or two with my nig and tell him his sons behavior and development is concerning. “That ain’t normal 4yr old shit, dude. That’s like, adhd, or worse. You can’t let him treat you like that, you can’t let him treat other kids and adults like that. You need to smack him more, put the fear in him and break that behavior.”
‘..I don’t like hitting him.’ ‘I just gotta do better. Work more hours and get a better job.’ “THAT’S NOT GOING TO MAKE YOUR HYPERACTIVE RUGMONKEY STOP GIVING HIMSELF CRYING FITS THAT MAKE HIM THROW UP OR GOING TO GET HIM TO STOP YELLING AT YOU AND HIS MOM AND THROWING THINGS AT OTHER KIDS, RETARD.”

I didn’t say that last part because it became apparent that he didn’t want to hear it and probably thinks hugging his kid over and over telling him “I love you” will somehow just make him behave.
It’s funny though when he does that, it’s like watching that cat try to get away from pepe le pew, but then it’s not because you’re seeing a 4 yr old tell his dad to ‘get out of here’ or ‘go away, leave me lone’.
He recently had a 20minute shitfit when his grandma called during his cartoon and wanted to talk to him. 20 minutes of “I NOT MEAN!!! I WANNA WATCH CARTOONS!”
I tried not to laugh because I’m not sure how they’d react, and also because it’s sad seeing a part of myself in him at that age.
I remember when my mom told me that I’d be a sad lonely boy because “you’ll get what you want one day, no one will bother you at all and it’ll just be you and your cartoons.”

I remember once I told him his son was a buzzkill and he got all mad.
That’s probably the hardest I’d laughed in the past couple years.
I’m not shitting on this kid, I’m just saying I wish my friend would listen to someone whose been there and believe me when I say he’s not going to grow out of it.
I made myself laugh yesterday thinking I ought to slip him a ritalin sometime.

This was while watching him cartwheel around the living room and repeatedly dive headfirst into the couches back cushions.