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13 Year Old Breaks Vacuum To Get Out Of Chores, Mom Sells Xbox
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Is it not the mums fault the kid is spoiled in the first place? Therefor, its all the mums fault the kid done this in the first place, its bad parenting.
I am 13, actually! That dosent change the fact that if a teenager is spoiled it is their mums fault for spoiling them in the first place, I know because I am a teenager.
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BUT, good on the mum(mom for you usa-ians), i hope she inflicts some violence on him, the kid will thank her later.
but stupid kid for getting caught
BUT, good on the mum(mom for you usa-ians), i hope she inflicts some violence on him, the kid will thank her later.
but stupid kid for getting caught
Umm, isn't this an attempt to rectify that issue? You know, teaching that actions have consequences and if he acts like a spoiled brat he's going to have his toys taken away.
ummm.... no you don't know. You are only 13 (and that is assuming you are telling the turth and not younger.) Wait until you are older and you will start to see the other side of the coin.
Also how spoil can the kid be with a single working mom. Highly doubt she is bring in a huge chunk of change and would not surprise me in the least if they are living in a small 2 bed room apartment. Compare that to families that make well over 100k a year and start seeing what those kids get.
I think it is a nice punishment. I also willing to bet that it was a long time coming and she had made threats of doing it before hand. Breaking the vacuum was jut the final straw.
No 13 year old can earn the money to get a game system. All the money they earn is going to be giving to them by their parents any how. Now at 15-16 it starts becoming possible to get a job and earn ones own money for it.
Both made me literally LOL!
Nonetheless, good parenting on the Mum's part.
13 isn't too young to start accepting responsibility. And it's not too old to teach it on a level the kid understands. Big vote in Mom's favour.
Tee-hee. You said "rectify".
Really? I bought myself a Game Boy when I was 12 with no allowance; my folks were too poor to give me one. I had a lawnmower, fliers around the neighborhood, and the good sense to undercut the competition's prices. Six weeks later I had my toy, plus a revenue stream to boot.
And yeah, when a kid is spoiled, blame the parent(s), but good on the mom for putting her foot down.
We don't know whether the kid bought his own console or not. But I bet he didn't pay for the vacuum he broke. At least he's he's paying for the new one.
BTW: Kudos Corvus! That's a great story that should also be told.
What, don't kids realize that TVs can be turned on without a remote? or is the physical act of getting up to hit the power or channel change button too much for kids these days?
I remember our first experience with a remote control was when we got our first VCR. Of course you still had to manually turn on the TV.
I'm with the Mom on this one. Although if the kid managed to raise the money for their own Xbox, they should be able to raise enough money for a new vacuum. I might approach it differently and give them the opportunity to buy it back from me. Of course if the mother bought the Xbox she can sell it whenever she wants.
Of course we'll see how things go once we get to the teenage years, right now at 3 and 1 the kids are a little easier to handle, but of course their responsibilities are minimal... CPS won't let them mow the lawn anymore...
Yes, but obviously a parent knew about it and gave consent for it to be set up *cough* so chances are they'll leave it.
Those sort of safety barriers are there to stop kids being hunted by pedophiles without their parents knowing.
Plus a large minority of Myspace users ARE under 13.
On the topic note, good on the Mom. I would hate it if my Mom did that to me but I wouldn't break the vacuum to get out of chores... that's a little bit TOO extreme.
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Thank you, I have the original .png if you'd like it.
Isn't that presumptuous?
Who said it was his XBox?
More to the point:
I'd really like to know as well.
Yes, it's a fact of life. It doesn't change, however, the fact that he was doing something on her computer (and with her internet connection) that she obviously doesn't condone. Personally, I wouldn't care what my kids (when I have them) do in porn terms (I'd obviously tell them about pedophiles and such, and help protect them from them), but I respect the mom's right to make that decision for herself.
I see. So we can always blame someone else eh? It must be my parents fault for not getting a good grade in <insert class>. My break-up with <insert name> must have been my parents' fault as well.
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Please realize that in the real world, no one cares about your excuses and you can't try to find a scapegoat for all of your problems.
Besides, the mom's actions point to good parenting, which even if it has only begun now, is a step in the right direction.
And thus below the age limit for MR. Well done!
Ah yes, the ultimate authority on all things. I guess we'd better defer to your intellect, because as you indicate, you are a teenager.
Some children are just more difficult than others. This mom was obviously trying to instill responsibility before by issues a chore list, but her son is just resistant to reasonable requests (as many, but not all, teenagers are). Now that he's failed to live up to that expectation, she's carrying out a punishment. That's classic good parenting if anyone's ever seen it.