A man has temporarily lost custody of his son because he taped and encouraged a fight between the toddler and another boy, then placed it on YouTube.
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One child psychologist agreed.
"It's certainly not appropriate," said Dr. Richard Gallagher. "Kids turn to their parents to protect them."
Gallagher added that the adult's apparent encouragement wasn't beneficial.
"That's just a dad teaching kids to be bullies. Even with adults we have rules about boxing. They have to be the same size and weight," he said.
Unfortunately, Gallagher said, this is not the first time video of children fighting has ended up on the Internet.
"I don't think that the boys should be somewhere where they're taught that it's OK to fight like that. I don't think it's OK for them to be around someone who thinks that this is a funny issue, it's not," Scheideger said.
ABC News' Raleigh-Durham affiliate WTVD contributed to this story.
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