Can a child of 7 really be as evil as Dotty Cotton?

I agree with Buddha about Jamie.

I think that this has to do with conditioning. Just as dogs were conditioned in Pavlov's psychological experiment to think that they would get food when the bell was rang and would start to salivate, a child can be conditioned.

I taught children for a brief time and they were easy to condition but obviously in a nicer way! They would respond to "One, two, three...Quiet!" and to my body language. Upon saying "Quiet!", I would stretch my arms out as if I had had enough of the noise and to show them that we had to get on with learning. They would go quiet and pay attention and only speak when they were speaking about the subject that I was teaching.

Nick Cotton brought her up that way or, if she isn't really his daughter, the environment that she was in affected her that way and she had no good adult role models regardless.

When I saw her hesitating when he asked her why she had not set the alarm clock, I wondered if she was having doubts but the last programme rather shocked me!

I didn't think that Dot IS Dottie's grandmother, or even Nick's daughter, but how they teamed up together is something that passed me by - if it was ever explained I think a smart seven year old would think of money, especially if they've been seriously deprived. psychopaths start at a very early age, killing cats etc so it wouldn't surprise me at all. Maybe the story will show that Dottie had a truly dreadful early life which has made her into what she is. Nick ought to watch out as she is being shown to be smarter, more cunning and dare I say more evil than he could ever dream of.

Whether it's a good thing to have a young child playing a part like that is quite another matter.

She's far too worldly for that age. I know kids can be nasty and aren't thick but she's like some canny little urchin from Fagin's gang who could outwit anyone if she wanted. It's way too over the top. And not only is her character too much it's the way that the adults don't notice that's unrealistic too. Even if a child was bright enough to think up some of her smart ideas the adults around her would catch her out and have her card marked by now.

to be honest i dont think they plan to make dotty go ahead with all this . shes bound to let slip some how as shes grown to love dot. but as a mother of 4 with 3 over the age of 7 i know my kids dont understand the values of money and stuff in the real world and feel that if a child of 7 does they are being brought up wrong as children should be children while they can .

Children learn from their parents and if you had Nick Cotton as a dad you would be evil too. Most of the kids in Eastenders should be abnormal because their parents spend all their time in the pub?

I think a child of 7 can really be like Dotty...I agree with Buddha

J

She is clearly a street kid who has been brought up by a very brainy, and sly, Nick Cotton. I do think that there are children similar to Dotty, but, i also think that the Eastenders writers have taken it too far.

I don't even understand mortgage and bills and stuff, and I'm 16.

If the parent is as evil as Nick, it's possible.

I think your right. The writers of EastEnders have gone too far this time. But maybe its Nick putting all this into her head?

Well Nick Cotton is evil so genetics will pass on to the child.

And there only acting!!