Telepathic. I don't think they have any empathy.

[Bah-dum-shink... And yay to helping!]

Well, most five year olds have issues with that. And some never do grow out of it either. I imagine if you grew up with the ability to turn someone into a poodle because they annoyed you and no one ever told you it was wrong, you'd have a hard time with the empathy thing.