I love it when some snotty punk kid gets taken down a peg or two, and the mother of one particular teenager has truly delivered. The boy was expected to perform chores, but he had other ideas. Rather than do something to earn his sordid keep, he decided instead to break the vacuum cleaner so he didn't have to do any work. Well, his mother decided that an eye was worth an eye, and is now selling his Xbox 360 to pay for it:
My son seems to think everything should be handed to him on a silver platter, so the XBOX is going bye bye. I do have an assortment of games as well, that I will sell for $15 each.
Price is firm, must replace vaccum that he broke thinking that would get him out of having to do chores.
As if that wasn't bad enough for the hapless spawn, his mother has also informed the world that she's busted him for looking at porn sites. His Internet access is now safely locked behind a password and his mother also apparently put a picture of Snoopy on his MySpace. Is it just me, or does this woman sound like the most kick-ass mother in the world?
In all seriousness, this mother is taking no crap from her son and is showing him that if he wants to act like a jackass, there will be consequences. If more parents did this rather than blame outside sources for their brats' bad behavior, we'd be living in a much, much better world. Kudos to that woman.
[Thanks, Electro Lemon]
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7:59 PM on 04.14.2008
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Punk ass teenage kids. Good for the mother not taking any bullshit
I hate seeing snotty kids treat their parents like ass because they know mom and dad have no backbone.
Growing up, if I ever pulled crap like that, oh boy.
and his mother also apparently put a picture of Snoopy on his MySpace.
Hellz yeah. A nice touch.
*head asplodes*
Then everybody will blame video games.
Then Jim Sterling will rant about it.
Then irony will come full circle.
Mom uses "Sell Xbox Because You're a Tard".
Mom rolls a natural 20.
<You pass out from embarassment.>
Also, cocks.
I certainly did it for FREE back when I lived with my parents.
Laundry and a fair amount of Vacuuming. It doesn't eat that much time. Just do it already!
I owe my parents more than I did for them for sure.
still. It's nice to see a parent actually knowing how to be a parent instead of acting like their 10 year olds and blame the media.
maybe she'll tax the dad as well for the remainder, sort of a "your seed had a part in this" type deal.
Dyson FTW.
AAAAAAAAND welcome, to suckin' up dirt.
MILF
Today's woot.com deal is a Dyson DC14 for ...wait for it... $250
If nothing, then she's my parent of the month, hell, of the year for gamers.
But I think punishing your kid's online accounts because he was looking at porn isn't right. It's just porn. And that's just patronizing.
Oh, and to those who didn't check the other articles, the kid's 13.
Caught with porn at 13?
Hell, my mom didn't even mind. She actually said:
"Ah, so you've discovered the world of sexuality. I'm proud of you, son!"
Because at some point, one has to learn about sexnot just via books, but in close-up.
But still, that kid got what he deserved.
I bet my ass his mom's gonna buy a Dyson with the money,
AAAAAAAAND welcome, to suckin' up dirt."
best laugh i have had all day.
On another note, he got all pissy for vacuuming? That's one of literally dozens of chores I do, most daily and voluntarily, to help out my parents around the house. Kids need some respect.
Ha! This is how it should be done!
@enfaw The average 13 year old has all the cunning and guile of President Bush. I don't think he would have broken it in such a way that it was difficult to tell he meant business.
that's the only real downside to this story... ah well, such is life huh? I mean at least she gave enough of a crap to not let the 360 do all the babysitting, right?
But what a way to turn it around! Good on her.
The kid should consider himself lucky that that's the case... that is of course unless he reeeeallly like the taste of soap.