What do you make of this?

I am no psychologist or anything of the sort but this was fascinating to me. A bit disturbing at the same time but still made me think.

In preschool my son was given a coloring page. He was told to color his mom on the first page. He took his time. He chose different colors and colored in the lines the best he could.

Then a second page was given to him. He was told to color in his dad. He chose a red crayon and scribbled all over as fast as he could. Not taking care to watch for the lines.

He brought these papers home in his backpack where I found them. I looked them over and they made me think. I asked the teacher about the day he colored them and what the assignment was. She said he was allowed to pick any colors he wanted and work for as long as he needed. He chose red for his dad ... and multi colors for me. She said with mine he took his time and seemed to be putting some thought into it. She said with the picture of 'his dad' he grabbed red and scribbled.

Generally when the color red is thought of it means anger ... or violence. I used to work in the prison system and they color coded the halls of the prison outside of the different units to remind the gaurds of the level of violence for that level of prisoners. Red was always used for violent offenders. When asked why they told us that psychologists claim red is an angry violent color. So when I saw my sons picture this is the conversation that came to my mind.

My son Jamell is four years old. His father is not involved in his life. He does nothing to help provide for him. Does nothing for him for his birthadays .. holidays .. nothing. He seems to act like his son doesn't exist. My son often times if asked he will tell people he doesn't have a dad.

Look at the pictures and tell me what you make of it?