Who bought them the phones in the first place? Who was paying for the cellular service all this time? She could have instead of destroying the phones, turned off the cellular service or at least the data and texting services if that was the problem. She could have instead of shooting the phones and then smashing them with a sledge hammer (all the while having someone record it so it could be, rather ironically, posted to YouTube) wiped the phones clean and sold them, maybe using the money to buy her kids or herself some better clothing or some books or even donating them. Many shelters and orgs for abused women will gladly take cell phones wiped clean of data and apps and without cellular or data service as they can still be used to call 9-11 in an emergency, and that’s what I’ve done with all my used phones when I’ve upgraded.
I agree that all she taught her kids was that doing something out of anger like shooting a gun (a complete waste of good ammo IMO) at the cell phones, having it recorded and then posting it (again quite ironically) to social media is the appropriate way to deal with conflicts or how to act responsibly.
I think she lost parental control of her kids a long time ago and this stunt isn’t likely to help matters.
BTW – where’s the “daddy”?
Some of the comments I read and had to laugh at were:
“You know you're a redneck if you use a shotgun to 'delete' your kid’s social media accounts. ”
And “Honey Boo Boo all grown up.”