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Kid breaks vacuum, mom sells Xbox 360, Internet points and laughs

7:59 PM on 04.14.2008, Jim Sterling 121 comments

Kid breaks vacuum, mom sells Xbox 360, Internet points and laughs photo
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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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Vlambo's Avatar
Vlambo at 04/14/2008 20:00
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

Punk ass teenage kids. Good for the mother not taking any bullshit
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Jaren Face at 04/14/2008 20:00
Now that's parenting.
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.
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Jordan Grim Devore at 04/14/2008 20:01
*Points and laughs maniacally*
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PraiseChaos at 04/14/2008 20:01
Props to that mom. That kid got what he deserved.
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BluFire at 04/14/2008 20:02
Richmond?! I'm like two hours away in NoVA so I can get some good shipping on this dealy. I might just pick this one up.
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Samit Sarkar at 04/14/2008 20:04
Oh, man...what a story. That punk deserves everything he got. Nice parenting, Mom!
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FrozenSpaceMonkey at 04/14/2008 20:04
A story about good parenting on Dtoid?

*head asplodes*
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masterledz at 04/14/2008 20:04
Then that kid will murder his mother.

Then everybody will blame video games.

Then Jim Sterling will rant about it.

Then irony will come full circle.
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CaptainApocalypse at 04/14/2008 20:05
<Your mom enters your room, looking furious. She babbles something about knowing that you broke the vacuum on purpose.>

Mom uses "Sell Xbox Because You're a Tard".
Mom rolls a natural 20.

<You pass out from embarassment.>

Also, cocks.
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animateria at 04/14/2008 20:08
Stupid kid should just do his damn chores...

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!
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animateria at 04/14/2008 20:09
And by free... No allowance boosts or incentives...

I owe my parents more than I did for them for sure.
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Shin Oni at 04/14/2008 20:09
I unno what it is (and maybe it's me.) but doing chores anywhere but my house is always the big thing for me.

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.
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s0lesurviv0r at 04/14/2008 20:14
$250? She should price it a little higher and get a dyson.
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bluesquareapple at 04/14/2008 20:17
She's single according to Gizmodo. Looking for email/number for this awesome lady..
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elysse at 04/14/2008 20:18
s0lesurviv0r:

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.
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Jim Sterling at 04/14/2008 20:20
"$250? She should price it a little higher and get a dyson."

AAAAAAAAND welcome, to suckin' up dirt.
Redzie's Avatar
Redzie at 04/14/2008 20:22
If she looked like Nicole Wiebe then:
MILF
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ScottyG at 04/14/2008 20:22
Heh, parents need to beat their kids more often. Teach them little buggers who is boss. ^_^
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Corak at 04/14/2008 20:24
Great stuff here, kid got what he deserved. More parents like this please, and I agree with the last paragraph 100%
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enfaw at 04/14/2008 20:26
1 question, how does the mom know he broke it on purpose?
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falthorn at 04/14/2008 20:26
s0lesurviv0r:

Today's woot.com deal is a Dyson DC14 for ...wait for it... $250
blehman's Avatar
blehman at 04/14/2008 20:27
HAAAAAAAAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH!!!! Serves that punk right. Do what needs to be done first, then game. Parenting done (semi)right. Now we just need to see what games she's selling, see if any "objectionable" content is found.

If nothing, then she's my parent of the month, hell, of the year for gamers.
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Redzie at 04/14/2008 20:29
One less whiny bitch on XBOX live.
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dprim3 at 04/14/2008 20:30
That's a good one with the 360.

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.
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Revolt in Colour at 04/14/2008 20:31
Someone give me her number so I can buy this kid's games. Haha.
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Electro Lemon at 04/14/2008 20:33
SPOILED BRAT MOM AIN'T NOTHING TO FUCK WITH
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Wexx at 04/14/2008 20:33
Go good parenting!
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TrailerParkJesus at 04/14/2008 20:33
I would have sold off the kid instead
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liquidninja at 04/14/2008 20:37
Taking responsibility doesn't have to turn into public humiliation, but well done.
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Shwa at 04/14/2008 20:37
How is this news? Decades back, children were given harder punishment. Compared to those days, this is nothing.

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,
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fish with hat at 04/14/2008 20:40
""$250? She should price it a little higher and get a dyson."
AAAAAAAAND welcome, to suckin' up dirt."

best laugh i have had all day.
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Boolean at 04/14/2008 20:41
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Rockefellow at 04/14/2008 20:43
Hell. If I acted like that, my parents would do worse than this. Good job for sticking up as a parent.

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.
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The Grudge at 04/14/2008 20:46
Multi combo-bo-bo-bo!
Ha! This is how it should be done!
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Crunshii at 04/14/2008 20:48
que bueno lol
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Bob Arctor at 04/14/2008 20:48
Finally a parent that takes responsibility and shows that kids can be dealt with when they get out of hand. I doubt that FOX News is going to report on this in the light that it properly should be. Video games are not the problem, it's the parents that don't take it upon themselves to do what is right. And to teach their kids what right and wrong is. Bravo lady.
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BlackSunEmpire at 04/14/2008 21:00
Too funny

@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.
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DarkTetsuya at 04/14/2008 21:02
Bob:

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?
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Soggy Toast at 04/14/2008 21:09
Forget selling the XBOX, what she should have done is wait for him to be in the middle of a game, run in with a baseball bat, smash the XBOX, and make the sucker get a job to pay for the vacuum.
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ajaxender at 04/14/2008 21:09
To be honest, it really sounds like shes not been a great mother, up to this point. I dont know anyone whod break something to get out of chores, and i hate to think what else hes been able to get away with before this.

But what a way to turn it around! Good on her.
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TheAtomicMoose at 04/14/2008 21:09
I don't think she is such a good parent to have raised a kid that breaks a vacuum to get out of vacuuming...
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TheAtomicMoose at 04/14/2008 21:11
What if it was revealed that the kid has lymphoma and only broke the vacuum because he was too weak to lift it due to his intensive bi-weekly chemotherapy treatments... That would change things..
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Sharpless at 04/14/2008 21:12
LOL, Jim, I was thinking the same thing.
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needsmoretits at 04/14/2008 21:12
This woman is pure awesome. Finally a parent that actually does shit about it instead of letting them get out of hand and end up shooting up a school. I hope she's hot.
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Sharpless at 04/14/2008 21:13
Er, my last comment was in reference to Jim's Dyson comment.
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Polish Hill at 04/14/2008 21:15
Where are the lawyers this is clearly GTA's fault. They practically created a vacuum breaking simulator and expect this not to happen? I expect this child to sue for pain and suffering from Rockstar and his mother.
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Origim at 04/14/2008 21:25
To see a parent truly parenting is just fucking awesome. More parents like these and the world might survive.
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Logo at 04/14/2008 21:26
I'm going out on a limb here and am going to guess that this Mother doesn't know what her son is probably saying over Xbox live.

The kid should consider himself lucky that that's the case... that is of course unless he reeeeallly like the taste of soap.
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