Hello? 911? Help me ... my son wont stop..

SteamWake · 12-23-09, 10:40 AM

My son wont stop playing video games

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“They (police) were just like, ‘Chill out. Go to bed,’ ” the boy told the Herald.

LOL you cant make this stuff up.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/reg...ome&position=5

totodog · 12-23-09, 11:31 AM

That's pretty insane. Hasn't she heard of a little something called "discipline"?

August · 12-23-09, 12:06 PM

That crap wouldn't have flown in my house. My parents would have tossed the play station in the garbage and whipped my butt.

Jimbuna · 12-23-09, 12:07 PM

It might have been more productive if she'd simply called a local electrician and asked where her home mains switch should be located.

GoldenRivet · 12-23-09, 01:14 PM

Well its like this.

I can afford a few play stations or XBOX systems.

I would have simply said "You have 5 seconds to turn that ****** off before i beat it into a million pieces"

if the 5 seconds expired without the child turning it off, within the next 20 seconds he would be sweeping up little bits of plastic and circuitry.

if the kid actually turned it off, i would send him to bed, collect the controllers and throw the circuit breaker to his room until the next morning.

you have to take a hard line with little bastards.

I had a friend of mine once in high school, came home bitching up a storm about how her friends had really nice four post beds and nice furniture in their rooms and all she had was old crap.

her dad said "Well sweety, while you are at school tomorrow I'll see what i can do about that."

appeased, she went to bed. and to school the next day.

while at school, her father rented a storage unit down the road... and moved ALL of her furniture and worldly possessions into it.

Remaining in the room was a single sheet, one pillow, an overturned milk crate with an alarm clock, and 3 or 4 other milk crates which her clothing had been placed into.

she got her original furniture back after 30 days.

NEVER complained about anything of the sort again

conus00 · 12-23-09, 01:38 PM

The original post is funny to the point of being ridiculous.
Your kid won't stop playing games after you asked and you did WHAT??
You have got to be kidding me....

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Originally Posted by August

That crap wouldn't have flown in my house. My parents would have tossed the play station in the garbage and whipped my butt.

Same here!

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

Well its like this.

I can afford a few play stations or XBOX systems.

I would have simply said "You have 5 seconds to turn that ****** off before i beat it into a million pieces"

if the 5 seconds expired without the child turning it off, within the next 20 seconds he would be sweeping up little bits of plastic and circuitry.

if the kid actually turned it off, i would send him to bed, collect the controllers and throw the circuit breaker to his room until the next morning.

you have to take a hard line with little bastards.

I had a friend of mine once in high school, came home bitching up a storm about how her friends had really nice four post beds and nice furniture in their rooms and all she had was old crap.

her dad said "Well sweety, while you are at school tomorrow I'll see what i can do about that."

appeased, she went to bed. and to school the next day.

while at school, her father rented a storage unit down the road... and moved ALL of her furniture and worldly possessions into it.

Remaining in the room was a single sheet, one pillow, an overturned milk crate with an alarm clock, and 3 or 4 other milk crates which her clothing had been placed into.

she got her original furniture back after 30 days.

NEVER complained about anything of the sort again

That is a great story.

for the parent.

In my eyes you are looser if you cannot control/discipline your kids. This whole idea of "hands off" parenting in the US stinks.

Task Force · 12-23-09, 02:31 PM

I would have taken his THING!!! (consoles=

) and shut it down... and if he presisted to start it and play... well, Lots of curseing, yelling would happen. And maby some broken discs, and console...

SteamWake · 12-23-09, 06:19 PM

Indeed common sense tells you to take the fixation away from the spoiled child and deal with it.

Yet this mother choose to ask for the goverments help instead of dealing with the issue on her own.

She really needed to deal with this on some other level. She said she had church support, why not that instead?

But its so much easier to pick up the phone, take resources away from more important tasks and deal with a bratty child.

Good god where are we headed?

ETR3(SS) · 12-23-09, 06:25 PM

NANNY STATE!!!!!

Wait, what? You mean we're already there?

Arclight · 12-23-09, 07:25 PM

Still, could be worse.

Drunk Scot Woman Stabs Teen in Xbox Argument

Dowly · 12-23-09, 09:04 PM

Ahaha, only in America.

Chad · 12-24-09, 12:30 AM

This does the unintentional and promotes playing Grand Theft Auto, just more free advertisement for them.

How did the kid get the game anyways? If it's rated M, he had to have someone over 17 purchase it with him.

Task Force · 12-24-09, 12:33 AM

well, the kid could have worse hobbys... now that I think about it...

nikimcbee · 12-24-09, 03:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Task Force

well, the kid could have worse hobbys... now that I think about it...

Like compulsive posting?

Just kidding TF, I couldn't resist.

nikimcbee · 12-24-09, 03:24 AM

On a side note, I'll bet anybody 1 hamburger, this story could have come out of my house. I hate consoles and won't buy one. Well, my wife informed me she bought one for my son for xmas.

Let the fights over homework vs wii time begin.

12-23-09, 12:06 PM	#3
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That crap wouldn't have flown in my house. My parents would have tossed the play station in the garbage and whipped my butt. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

12-23-09, 12:07 PM	#4
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,500 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	It might have been more productive if she'd simply called a local electrician and asked where her home mains switch should be located. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

12-23-09, 01:14 PM	#5
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Well its like this. I can afford a few play stations or XBOX systems. I would have simply said "You have 5 seconds to turn that ****** off before i beat it into a million pieces" if the 5 seconds expired without the child turning it off, within the next 20 seconds he would be sweeping up little bits of plastic and circuitry. if the kid actually turned it off, i would send him to bed, collect the controllers and throw the circuit breaker to his room until the next morning. you have to take a hard line with little bastards. I had a friend of mine once in high school, came home bitching up a storm about how her friends had really nice four post beds and nice furniture in their rooms and all she had was old crap. her dad said "Well sweety, while you are at school tomorrow I'll see what i can do about that." appeased, she went to bed. and to school the next day. while at school, her father rented a storage unit down the road... and moved ALL of her furniture and worldly possessions into it. Remaining in the room was a single sheet, one pillow, an overturned milk crate with an alarm clock, and 3 or 4 other milk crates which her clothing had been placed into. she got her original furniture back after 30 days. NEVER complained about anything of the sort again __________________

12-23-09, 02:31 PM	#7
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I would have taken his THING!!! (consoles=) and shut it down... and if he presisted to start it and play... well, Lots of curseing, yelling would happen. And maby some broken discs, and console... __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

12-23-09, 06:19 PM	#8
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Indeed common sense tells you to take the fixation away from the spoiled child and deal with it. Yet this mother choose to ask for the goverments help instead of dealing with the issue on her own. She really needed to deal with this on some other level. She said she had church support, why not that instead? But its so much easier to pick up the phone, take resources away from more important tasks and deal with a bratty child. Good god where are we headed? __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

12-23-09, 11:31 AM	#2
totodog A-ganger Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 77 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	That's pretty insane. Hasn't she heard of a little something called "discipline"?

12-23-09, 06:25 PM	#9
ETR3(SS) Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between test depth and periscope depth Posts: 3,021 Downloads: 175 Uploads: 16	NANNY STATE!!!!! Wait, what? You mean we're already there? __________________ USS Kentucky SSBN 737 (G) Comms Div 2003-2006 Qualified 19 November 03 Yes I was really on a submarine.

12-23-09, 07:25 PM	#10
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Still, could be worse. Drunk Scot Woman Stabs Teen in Xbox Argument __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

12-23-09, 09:04 PM	#11
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Ahaha, only in America.

12-24-09, 12:30 AM	#12
Chad ACE Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kansas City Posts: 1,274 Downloads: 60 Uploads: 0	This does the unintentional and promotes playing Grand Theft Auto, just more free advertisement for them. How did the kid get the game anyways? If it's rated M, he had to have someone over 17 purchase it with him. __________________

12-24-09, 12:33 AM	#13
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	well, the kid could have worse hobbys... now that I think about it... __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

12-24-09, 03:24 AM	#15
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	On a side note, I'll bet anybody 1 hamburger, this story could have come out of my house. I hate consoles and won't buy one. Well, my wife informed me she bought one for my son for xmas. Let the fights over homework vs wii time begin. __________________