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Kid vs. Mom. Kid: 0, Mom: 2

Category: Xbox 360, Posted: 04/15/2008 at 03:51PM CDT by Frank Ling, Editorial Director

mom kid It seems that the continuing battle between parents and kids over game time is alive and well.

For your consideration: a 13-year-old boy in Virginia decided that it was a good idea to break the family vacuum cleaner in order to get out of his chores around the house and play video games. Not so fast whippersnapper. It looks like your mom won this round.

She has decided to sell her kid's Xbox 360 on eBay. But the story continues. It turns out that while his mom was going through his computer, she checked out the cookies and found that her innocent little boy was frequently checking out porn sites. So she decided to hack into his My Space page. The mom talks about the incident and states:

"My 13 year old managed to break the vacuum....thinking it would release him from that duty. He also has a list of other chores that were TYPED up for him to do Friday afternoon....one thing on the list was done...mind you these are simple things...empty the trash, clean your room, etc.

"Then I go thru the cookies on his computer and find out he has been checking out porn sites. Now there is a password so he can't even get on and his my-space page has a picture of snoopy on it now. Apparently I'm the meanest mom in the world, were his words.

"I'm a single mom. I can't let them walk over me or I might never get up ."

On the eBay ad she says:

"Yes I am the mean mom who is selling her sons XBOX and games to replace the vaccum he broke but also to teach him a lesson that things cost money, and you should respect your parents. He can do his chores (that still remains on the kitchen table typed very neatly) now knowing that the money he earns will go towards something he bought...and maybe that might make him respect alittle bit more....this is something that has been three weeks coming, he has had numerous changes to get a better attitude...but when I found the porn on his computer that was it...so here we are: Let's bid."

So far the ad has generated 15 bids and the high offer for the Xbox 360 and games is up to $410 at the time of this writing.

Now as a gamer, I can understand the guy's frustration at not being able to play his games. But breaking the household vacuum cleaner isn't exactly what I would call a smart move on his part. Sure, all of us want to play our games, but there is also the reality of having to do things that maybe aren't as fun to do such as chores, school, and maybe even our jobs.

As one sage once put it, "Live to game. Don't game to live." Or to put it in other words, "Don't break the vacuum cleaner..."

[via gizmodo and eBay]

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Posted by vincian on 04/15/2008 at 04:16PM

props to the mother, too often parents try to be friends to their kids instead of parents. After all, I'm sure she's the one who bought the PC and the Xbox in the first place.

Posted by P-Thunder. on 04/15/2008 at 04:16PM

PWNT!

Haha, he should of just done his jobs. His mum isn't being "mean" at all, mine would of done the exact same thing when i was a kid.

Posted by ChristIllusion on 04/15/2008 at 04:23PM

mom ftw!

Posted by JSnake on 04/15/2008 at 05:11PM

Jesus Christ, people need to stop freaking out about porn.

Posted by lskennedy on 04/15/2008 at 05:40PM

ya srsly, porn is porn. Naked pictures OMG!

Posted by Nick_Fury on 04/15/2008 at 06:00PM

Ah, parents with backbones. This is nice to see.

Posted by Mercer on 04/15/2008 at 06:22PM

Ditto nick...

Posted by intooblivion on 04/15/2008 at 07:42PM

That's hilarious. I wish my mom was witty like that

Posted by Archem on 04/15/2008 at 07:46PM

Man, that's my kind of parenting!

No, wait, my kind of parenting involves having the kids wear pants and long sleeved shirts to school to hide the scars and bruises...

Posted by Garcian Smith on 04/15/2008 at 08:01PM

Excellent.

Posted by brypod on 04/15/2008 at 10:20PM

Advise to the kid: Don't be an ass...

Posted by Alex6969 on 04/16/2008 at 12:51AM

Nice job mom.

Posted by enben980 on 04/16/2008 at 01:39AM

Kudos to mom.

Posted by Oblivion Lotus on 04/16/2008 at 02:48AM

I hate children... so much. Sounds a lot like the dad who was selling his sons GH3 present. Hilarious.

Posted by brokenfridgehinge on 04/16/2008 at 05:03AM

Serves the little tucker right, that's one less high pitched voice on Halo 3 , amirite?

Posted by Kester on 04/16/2008 at 05:26AM

Awesome. It doesn't really sound like she has a huge problem with porn, but the kid is 13, and she's only doing her job by preventing him looking at it.

We always say it's the parents that need to enforce things better, and finally it seems like this mother has.

Posted by vincian on 04/16/2008 at 08:37AM

anyways, 13-year-olds looking a pron are idiots. You don't know what kind of viruses he could accidentally infect the computer with.

Posted by jm4847 on 04/17/2008 at 12:49AM

What a witch. I come from Digg, and this is one of those issues where the comments make my blood boil. Talking about how he "had it coming" and "serves him right" and the typical blah blah blah about respect, authority and what they would do if they were the parents. So annoying.
He's a kid! Kids do stupid things! I hate restrictive, mean parents.
I hoe her kid grows with resentment towards her and ends up estranged. And she dies old and alone. What you do comes around, and if you treat people like dirt, you will be treated like dirt.

Posted by jm4847 on 04/17/2008 at 01:29AM

From the eBay page:
"The seller ended this listing early because the item is no longer available for sale."
She caved to her kid. I couldn't feel better now.
I guess she realized going out to the world as a, you know, would be bad for her.

Posted by Brendon on 04/17/2008 at 01:45AM

jm4847, that would be the case if it were just the porn, but come on! The kid destroyed a vacuum (which is expensive) because he wanted to get out of doing chores (which he already wasn't doing) to play an Xbox his mom most likely bought him. NOT doing this would just lead to another spoiled brat in the world.

Posted by rtanger on 04/17/2008 at 01:50PM

Your attitude, jm, "He's a kid! Kids do stupid things! " Is exactly what's wrong with parents these days. They dismiss inappropriate behavior as being from "just a kid," and let it slide, but the little bastard that's never punished continues to think his inappropriate behavior is nicely appropriate, and stays "just a kid" well into his "adult" life.

"What you do comes around, "

Exactly. KId maliciously breaks vacuum cleaner to shirk responsibilities, mom punishes him. You're right on on that.

"you treat people like dirt, you will be treated like dirt."

The kid acted like a clod, so he got treated like one. Having his 360 sold off? An excellent lesson in appreciating the value of things we take for granted, no?

I get the feeling you're still a kid yourself, jm, and rather irked at your own parents as well. No one with a lick of sense in regards to behavior and discipline would make the comments you did.

"She caved to her kid. I couldn't feel better now."
Christ almighty, case in point.

Posted by Quasar on 04/17/2008 at 05:11PM

Quote: "He's a kid! Kids do stupid things! I hate restrictive, mean parents."

"Hey mom. I sort of killed somebody because I didn't want to pay them back money I owe them."

"No worries son. I know you were just being a kid who does stupid things. So go ahead and go back and play some more Xbox games. I don't want to punish you because I don't want to be a be restrictive, mean parent..."

Posted by knetworx on 04/17/2008 at 08:20PM

Kids like that end up in jail or dead, unless they have parents like this woman. I grew up a gamer, and my parents never bought me video games. If I wanted them, I had to work for the money to buy them. As a result, I still love and respect my parents, and last year I graduated from college to start the job of my dreams.

If this woman lets her kid get away with breaking the vacuum to get out of chores, he'd never learn to respect authority, he'd walk all over her, and he'd probably never get a decent job. Kudos to you, mom, for standing your ground.