Why did the dad put it on the internet? “Hey look at me!”
He couldn’t just put it in the attic until his grades improved?
Good Dad!
He should have made the child give it to Toys For Tots or a homeless shelter rather than destroying it.
Second-guessing a father punishing his son, particularly in this coddling PC/liberal/BS climate, is something I simply will not do.
Kudos to him for caring and thank God the kid had a father that cares.
effing moron. Just take it away until the grades come up
Well, it’s an ex-box now!
“Look at me”, yeah, no.
John Taylor Gatto says most parents would never believe how arbitrary, meaningless, and even casual the grades are that teachers come up with. How many children have been beaten, starved, shamed, and otherwise tortured because of bad grades. How many children have been abused because they came home with a B+ rather than straight A’s???
School is one vast hoax. Government school is the worst version of the hoax.
Disgusting. Violence is disturbing to the kid. He might very well rebel by giving up. I want to see follow up. What are his next semester grades ?
The answer is be tethered for the kid while he’s otherwise making bad grades
No x box. No face book no stupid tv a couple of shows a week
Ask what’s happening in school. Every day. What happened today? Do something on Saturday with him. Pray on Sundays. Bring him around studious kids
Often the difference between a homework doer and a lazy depressed kid is being around kids who think about their future vs angry hopeless kids whose parents don’t have mice friends and who would take a sledgehammer out and use it in a temper tantrum
Reminds me of this story: http://mrconservative.com/2014/08/48332-dad-runs-over-adult-sons-video-games-with-lawn-mower-pathetic-meltdown-ensues/
The father knows his kid better than I do - I can’t second guess the punishment. However, I can second-guess his action in putting it out there for everyone to see. That stuff stays out there forever. Good luck to father and son if they ever need to look for a job in the future.
Just an afterthought - why didn’t papa take a hand in it when midterm grades came out?
I’d have donated the X-Box.
If this were a private school then just hide it in the attic till he gets his grades up.
He should have simply punished him from gaming until next the next grade period. Having him smash it up is over the line, not criminal, but just too far.