"Doug Kanter" wrote in message news:vOEkf.317


His reasoning: Just wanted to see what would happen.

I don't think three-year-olds can think at that level. IIRC, noting
potential results of specific actions is the stuff of frontal brain lobe
development, which doesn't occur until about age 7+ or so. More likely, he
saw someone else being slapped, and considered it ok in a rudimentary way.