Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
It's always frustrating to see bad parenting on you tube. I've raised four boys and never had to force them to smash their game console to make a point. :/
I wonder if any one of the pearl clutchers upthread noticed that the kid was not the least bit repentant of whatever got his dad so worked up. Most kids burst into a chorus of apologies and negotiating when access to something they love is about to be compromised over something they did.
But even with the sledgehammer in hand and the dad clearly incredibly mad at him; It was still not his, but the teacher’s fault. Defiant to the end. The only thing that got emotion from him was the thought of destroying his beloved xbox. I have a feeling if he had shown that same remorse about his actions, there’d be one less video on you tube.
So some see a devious bully, i see a dad at the end of his rope that probably wishes he never bought the thing in the first place. He needs better conflict resolution skills but i’m not as incensed as some are about his poor judgement.
I agree that the child had a poor attitude, but I have a pretty good idea he came by it honestly.
I thought the whole thing was pretty disgusting - humiliation is not appropriate discipline, IMO, and destroying the Xbox was just wasteful - but I went from disgusted to horrified when the father began swearing at the kid. Now, I am no prude, and can curse like a sailor, but I would not do so at, or even in front of, a child for whom I was trying to set an example.
I'm all for taking away things as punishment, but smashing them, filming it, and putting it on YouTube is going to far. Does anyone else think this kid is pretty pathetic for crying though?
I think it's pathetic to judge a child for showing age-appropriate behavior.
It's always frustrating to see bad parenting on you tube. I've raised four boys and never had to force them to smash their game console to make a point. :/
Then to top it off the scumbag dad has to film it and it ends up on youtube which will lead to a lot of ridicule and teasing from classmates...
Brilliant!
When I have kids I'll give them the decency of monitoring what about them makes it to the internet better.
Making them throw away a favorite toy is on par with punitive hair cutting, which is recognized as child abuse.
.
You cant possibly be serious. To you, asking a child to throw a toy away is abuse as punitive hair cutting? Did you read that back before posting? I have to say, Some posts are nothing if not entertaining.
I’ll say it again; get off the computers, drive down to your local family courts ( or juvenile criminal courts) and get an education on what constitutes ABUSE. The constant misuse of that word on this thread is honestly starting to tick me off and is probably being thrown about by people that have no inkling of what it entails.
It minimizes the gravity of what real abuse is and is NOT FUNNY OR ACCEPTABLE.
You cant possibly be serious. To you, asking a child to throw a toy away is abuse as punitive hair cutting? Did you read that back before posting? I have to say, Some posts are nothing if not entertaining.
I’ll say it again; get off the computers, drive down to your local family courts ( or juvenile criminal courts) and get an education on what constitutes ABUSE. The constant misuse of that word on this thread is honestly starting to tick me off and is probably being thrown about by people that have no inkling of what it entails.
It minimizes the gravity of what real abuse is and is NOT FUNNY OR ACCEPTABLE.
No it doesn't. Emotional abuse is real abuse and damages a child. You don't have to leave marks or starve a kid to call it abuse.
No it doesn't. Emotional abuse is real abuse and damages a child. You don't have to leave marks or starve a kid to call it abuse.
Again; go to your local courthouse, volunteer at a battered women’s shelter, meet some victims of abuse (real abuse victims not the ones imagined by internet people living in happyville) then come back, re-read that statement and bask in the ridiculousness of it all.
And this isnt an issue of physical vs emotional abuse. Taking a toy away from a misbehaving child is not ANY kind of abuse neither is it, on any level equivalent to punitive hair cutting.
You cant possibly be serious. To you, asking a child to throw a toy away is abuse as punitive hair cutting? Did you read that back before posting? I have to say, Some posts are nothing if not entertaining.
I’ll say it again; get off the computers, drive down to your local family courts ( or juvenile criminal courts) and get an education on what constitutes ABUSE. The constant misuse of that word on this thread is honestly starting to tick me off and is probably being thrown about by people that have no inkling of what it entails.
It minimizes the gravity of what real abuse is and is NOT FUNNY OR ACCEPTABLE.
I agree that if you asked a child who has been physically abused whether he'd rather be hit or smash his Xbox, he would say he'd rather smash his Xbox. They aren't the same thing.
However, it's still terrible parenting and the child will most likely remember it with anger, shame, and humiliation the rest of his life. And I doubt it improved his ability to do school work one bit.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
