A warning to all the new school leavers.

[BigBlue1]

haha since i was 13 i was buying my own stuff with my own earnt cash... if someone did that to me id make them pay for the lot.

good lesson for those little lazy bums who just wanna laze about tho... but id of just sold it and then said one day oh by the way your games have paid for this weeks shopping cos you could not of thanks bud

But were you paying for your own apartment and food and other bills or were you mooching like this kid?

 

[TPC]

Raising a kid right costs a LOT more than $500.00 to do it right. That was money well spent (destroyed) if it makes the point and teaches something about being a man.

And he will get a job or be booted out.

And you should stop double posting or you get booted out

 

[BigBlue1]

Not really. The father probably paid for the games, so he just trashed a good 500$ worth of stuff just to make his son get a job. And it's not like his son is going to change his behavior after that, now he will definitely not get a job just for the sake of having the last word.

Raising a kid right costs a LOT more than $500.00 to do it right. That was money well spent (destroyed) if it makes the point and teaches something about being a man.

And he will get a job or be booted out.

 

[Wraith]

Raising a kid right costs a LOT more than $500.00 to do it right. That was money well spent (destroyed) if it makes the point and teaches something about being a man.

And he will get a job or be booted out.

Well said. I see far too much softly softly parenting these days, and it's quite a scary prospect to think that in 2 maybe 3 generations all motivation, morals and common sense will be a thing of the past. Tough love and a firmer grasp on control is what's needed, it never hurt us as kids, only made us better people.

 

[BigBlue1]

Well said. I see far too much softly softly parenting these days, and it's quite a scary prospect to think that in 2 maybe 3 generations all motivation, morals and common sense will be a thing of the past. Tough love and a firmer grasp on control is what's needed, it never hurt us as kids, only made us better people.

I do agree with your take on things these days as far as people raising kids, but sometimes, when it looks like we have totally lost the battle for decency, we need to remember the people in Shakespear's time were saying the same things we are about moral decay and ignorance being accepted and how the next generation would ruin the world, so take it with a grain of salt and don't loose all hope.

I remember getting home one night later than I said I would be home and found all my things neatly wrapped on the porch with a note that said 'good luck'

 

[NeverBackDown]

Kids think they are so good at gaming that people will notice and get them jobs in the industry. Ya sitting on your ass waiting for it to be handed to you won't work. If you want to be a game tester you got to go out of the room for once and earn that job. Make money and try to move up in the industry. Go to school and progress even further.

TBH i don't have much faith in the generation of kids after me. Those kids grew up will all the tech and crap that makes everything so easy and expect everything to be done for them. I didn't get that luxury as a kid. I feel really pestimistic for the future. Hell i feel like i'm SeekaX right now being a downer and all lol

 

[Kushiro]

Kids think they are so good at gaming that people will notice and get them jobs in the industry. Ya sitting on your ass waiting for it to be handed to you won't work. If you want to be a game tester you got to go out of the room for once and earn that job. Make money and try to move up in the industry. Go to school and progress even further.

TBH i don't have much faith in the generation of kids after me. Those kids grew up will all the tech and crap that makes everything so easy and expect everything to be done for them. I didn't get that luxury as a kid. I feel really pestimistic for the future. Hell i feel like i'm SeekaX right now being a downer and all lol

It really depends on how the parent raises them though no? Though their environment does have an impact... mine didnt even get to use facebook or the internet until 2 years ago due to a certain authority in the house nagging.

I find that you just have to be strict with the amount of exposure, set rules and times of which they can use it.
In fact there are many kids that are trying their best at school, while I do agree with you that most of them are getting extremely lazy thanks to their luxurious lifestyles.

 

[barnsley]

I can see where this is going...

There will always be spoilt brats, parenting isn't going out the window. Remember we live in an age where the loudest is the most seen. That is usually why you get things like these. You also tend to remember negative experiences more it seems.

Cut the moral decay crap guys. Kneejerk reacting is just as bad . I know its the duty of the elders to moan about things going to s**t but still.

 

[SeekaX]

Raising a kid right costs a LOT more than $500.00 to do it right. That was money well spent (destroyed) if it makes the point and teaches something about being a man.

And he will get a job or be booted out.

Well said. I see far too much softly softly parenting these days, and it's quite a scary prospect to think that in 2 maybe 3 generations all motivation, morals and common sense will be a thing of the past. Tough love and a firmer grasp on control is what's needed, it never hurt us as kids, only made us better people.

That hasn't got anything to do with proper parenting or teaching the kid something about being a man. If this scenario was real the relationship between the kid and the father would be damaged badly after that incident, there is nothing wrong with taking a kid's games away to make it take some responsibility, but you have to leave the option open for the kid to regain what was taken from him.
My parents never let me get away with shit, but they never destroyed something that was important to me. Rehabilitation is better than permanent punishment. They also never forced me to take a job, still i am very responsible with money, probably even more responsible than a lot of people who did get jobs when they were younger. There is no point in getting a job which pays less than minimum wage, it doesn't teach you anything about life other than how badly it can suck.
What has the cost of raising a kid got to do with reckless destruction?

 

[Dicehunter]

Destroying your kids hobby isn't going to teach him anything other than make him or her hate you.

My uncle is a prime example, He pretty much didn't do anything until he was 35 apart from part time jobs here and there, Come 35 something just clicked and now he's a very successful doctor in Berlin making a very good living for himself.

People need to realize that different people grow up at different rates, You do something like this to your kid and the only thing that's going to come out of it is hate and contempt.

There's a huge difference between raising your kid right to have respect for others, Study and eventually get a job and just plain bullying.

 

[SuB]

Lets all just remember this video is a load of balony and is a fake eh?

 

[Remmy]

Could a mod or someone delete this post, accident ;b

Click

under your post and there's an option to delete it.

 

[Kushiro]

Click

under your post and there's an option to delete it.

haha, I see thank you very much. Appreciated :worship:

 

[Dicehunter]

Lets all just remember this video is a load of balony and is a fake eh?

True but this does happen, An old school mate of mine had his playstation sold on him because he was gaming for a few hours a day before he got a job, Bearing in mind he did only just leave school and wanted 2 weeks of freedom before he went job/college/uni hunting.

His parents were a little touched in the head.

 

[Greenback]

I remember some kid was playing on his xbox instead of going to college lessons so his dad threw it out the bedroom window. So stuff like this can happen

 

[AdmiralDonut]

Interestingly I see little in the way of people condemning the parents for possibly raising a spoiled brat.

 

[Dicehunter]

Interestingly I see little in the way of people condemning the parents for possibly raising a spoiled brat.

Very good point but you'll find that the spoiled kids never have this happen to them, The kids that do work hard get the most amount of grief from their parents, Why ? I don't know but it's kind of sad

 

[BigBlue1]

True but this does happen, An old school mate of mine had his playstation sold on him because he was gaming for a few hours a day before he got a job, Bearing in mind he did only just leave school and wanted 2 weeks of freedom before he went job/college/uni hunting.

His parents were a little touched in the head.

Freedom isn't free, it costs someone for that time, if a person wants time off, first they need to put the time IN.

"I remember some kid was playing on his xbox instead of going to college lessons so his dad threw it out the bedroom window. So stuff like this can happen"

But it doesn't happen nearly enough.

 

[barnsley]

Freedom isn't free, it costs someone for that time, if a person wants time off, first they need to put the time IN.

He only just left school. Isn't that putting time in?

 

[Dicehunter]

Freedom isn't free, it costs someone for that time, if a person wants time off, first they need to put the time IN.

That's like saying because the kid just left school he/she isn't allowed to relax and enjoy life a bit before being thrown back into the grinder.

Remember kids are just kids, all this talk of earning freedom is a tad over the top and little worrying.

Being a parent is about providing for your child and letting them have some off time when they leave school just to relax a bit, Have fun for a bit etc...

People are not machines, We need down time.