Is it wrong to laugh at crying kids?

[miK.]

Jimmy Kimmel challenged parents to tell their kids they ate their Halloween candy and then tape the reactions...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YQpbzQ6gzs&feature=player_embedded

p.s. Most of the crying is the fakest you ever heard, but hang in there for the last 2 kids!

[Carm]

Saw that the other night. Funny stuff. The kid that got angry got some issues.

J. Carm

[weapon]

Only if you kick them at the same time...then it is just mean.

[mikebw]

weapon wrote:
Only if you kick them at the same time...then it is just mean.

Yeah, I was gonna say it would be wrong it you were the one who made them cry in the first place.

[DaviDC.]

If you can't fck with your kids, then who can you fck with ?

[Trouble]

not if they're funny

[Uncle Wig]

Why, no. No it's not!

Funny stuff. Reminds me of Jill Greenberg's series, "End Times," for which she was nearly burned at the stake.

Disclaimer: I love kids (most of 'em) so if you prank them, you'd better make it up to them.

[Done]

Very funny, thanks!

[haikuman]

That was great ~!~ Very funny, Thanks ~!~

[BernDog]

I think the bigger question is: Is it OK to do something mean to your kids for your own purposes, film their reaction, and broadcast it on a social media medium with millions of viewers and, vicariously, on national television?

Sorry, I'm usually pretty thick skinned and the first to jump in with a hearty belly laugh, even when the humor seems inappropriate to some, but this just seemed like all kinds of wrong to me.