# How do they get toddlers to cry in movies?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 30, 2006, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-get-toddlers-to-cry-in-movies/366598 "2006-07-30T20:36:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-get-toddlers-to-cry-in-movies/366598/21 "2006-08-01T00:23:25Z")

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[QUOTE=CookingWithGas]  
To further articulate the confusion, pee doesn’t come out of the bottom, further, pinching _anywhere_ won’t make the pee come out, and lastly, pinching a baby will not stop crying but quite the reverse.  
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Reasoning with advocates for corporal punishment gets you nowhere, you know…

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-get-toddlers-to-cry-in-movies/366598/22 "2006-08-01T03:57:09Z")

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Courtesy of some far-right-wing blogs, here’s ONE way to make kids cry:

[http://michellemalkin.com/archives/005622.htm](http://michellemalkin.com/archives/005622.htm)  
Years ago, former child star Jackie Cooper entitled his autobiography, “Please Mister, Don’t Shoot My Dog” (or something very similar- I’m to lazy to look it up!), based on an incident from his childhood acting days. To get him to do a teary scene, a director apparently threatened to kill Jackie’s dog!

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