Dad forces son to break Xbox.

DragonWarrior3968 · Sep 05, 2015 8:14 PM

This video is terrible how the Dad forces Jacob to break his xbox because he failed in school. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quGSjPprAQk

EricChristianOlsenFanatic · Sep 06, 2015 12:33 AM

Wow good thing my parents never did that to me, granted I saw a story on the news last night about a dad who in response to his daughter spending more than $500 dollars on her cell phone bill took away her phone and locked her clothes in the closet, but put stickies on the clothes indicating the number of chores she's to do.

http://www.nbc12.com/story/29962426/han … phone-bill

Stormy · Sep 06, 2015 1:45 AM

Okay... this is not something I would do as a parent, and I don't like how the dad is talking to his son. Definitely wouldn't call this "good parenting." But really, people saying this is "abuse" are being ridiculous. It's not like it's a pet that the kid had bonded with and loved; it's a thing - a machine that could easily be replaced and that the dad probably bought for him anyway, making it the dad's property. I know people commenting on this on Youtube are probably very young and sensitive and have no idea what actual abuse is, but they are seriously overreacting. My dad took away my consoles and stuff all the time, even smashed a Gameboy once, and I definitely would have never called that abuse.

Flapjacks · Sep 06, 2015 6:16 AM

Stormy wrote:

Okay... this is not something I would do as a parent, and I don't like how the dad is talking to his son. Definitely wouldn't call this "good parenting." But really, people saying this is "abuse" are being ridiculous. It's not like it's a pet that the kid had bonded with and loved; it's a thing - a machine that could easily be replaced and that the dad probably bought for him anyway, making it the dad's property. I know people commenting on this on Youtube are probably very young and sensitive and have no idea what actual abuse is, but they are seriously overreacting. My dad took away my consoles and stuff all the time, even smashed a Gameboy once, and I definitely would have never called that abuse.

You also have to take into account that he's filming it and posting it onto Youtube for over a million people to see.

Stormy · Sep 06, 2015 12:25 PM

True, I didn't originally consider that. Public humiliation does make it worse. Still not sure I'd call it abuse, though, but I could see the argument for it, at least. The comments I was talking about were all about smashing the console being abuse, though.

Steinar · Sep 06, 2015 2:17 PM

It would've been more stereotypical if his name was Billy or something : 3.
But let the kid have fun with playing Xbox i say. Not necesarry to break it, the one thing i would rather break is Facebook and Omegle tongue
But having tons of fun gaming is just awesome. Y'know, aslong as he can finish the homework, but its not like i would friggin break a gaming console. Thats just too odd.

Stormy · Sep 06, 2015 6:16 PM

Well it sounds like the kid was getting bad grades and blaming his teacher for it. There needs to be some consequence. If video games are contributing to the bad grades, taking them away is a fair consequence, especially if it's something he really likes that will motivate him. Smashing it is going too far, yeah, but it's not like it's just being taken away for no reason.

RangerOfIthilien · Sep 07, 2015 4:24 PM

This actually reminds me of the video of that dad who shot his daughter's computer after she used it to talk crap about him on facebook for making her do the dishes. That was awesome

EricChristianOlsenFanatic · Sep 07, 2015 11:34 PM

RangerOfIthilien wrote:

This actually reminds me of the video of that dad who shot his daughter's computer after she used it to talk crap about him on facebook for making her do the dishes. That was awesome

I remember seeing that on the news and going WTF.

Swaffy · Sep 09, 2015 4:07 AM

Stormy wrote:

Still not sure I'd call it abuse, though...

I consider this social abuse. And yes, highly improper parenting.

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