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19 Mar 2018, 6:27 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5sMykWtd5k

Video of angry parents destroying kids electronics.



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19 Mar 2018, 6:46 pm

I think that is stupid as hell, electronics are expensive and also smashing them rather than properly disposing of and/or recycling them is bad for the environment. Also what exactly does it teach the kid? To me it looks like all around bad parenting. I probably don't want to watch the video because it will just piss me off.

I mean if they do that to the kids electronics i worry what they might do to the their kid if they get pissed off and there isn't an electronic device nearby to take it out on.


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19 Mar 2018, 7:03 pm

I'd like to tell it like it is to the parents like it is with every fiber of my honesty, how stupid I think they're acting - German style without a care about the feelings of the damn parents. I want to make those parents cry.


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19 Mar 2018, 8:52 pm

I never watch videos like that, I think they're just horrible and stupid. Although the fantasy of grabbing a snarling, cursing, disrespectful cell phone junkie's very dear friend and destroying it right in front of them does induce waves of pleasure. :twisted: If I can detach it from their hand without the use of surgical tools, first. :roll:



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20 Mar 2018, 4:37 am

I don't need my dad to destroy my electronics, I do that just fine by myself.



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12 Jan 2021, 8:34 am

Oh, that's just awful. I've never understood parents who do this to their children. My friend's child disassembled and broke the iron, which was very expensive and which was bought here [/url], to which the parents reacted very negatively, breaking the child's toys in response. I believe that this is a completely wrong approach to raising children. It was worth directing your child's interests in the right direction, maybe he will grow up to be a wonderful engineer.



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12 Jan 2021, 9:42 am

Kids need to learn that their actions have consequences.  Besides, who bought those electronics, anyway?


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12 Jan 2021, 11:30 am

Amusing, but pointless and irrational. There are far better ways to discipline your children, plus electronics are expensive.



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12 Jan 2021, 11:36 am

Red Raid wrote:
Amusing, but pointless and irrational. There are far better ways to discipline your children, plus electronics are expensive.
True, and locking up the electronics for a month may be more effective, but sometimes you simply must demonstrate that you are serious; and if you bust up the electronic devices that you purchased, you will likely not have to endure a visit from Child Welfare Services for physically abusing the kids.


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12 Jan 2021, 12:42 pm

Fnord wrote:
Red Raid wrote:
Amusing, but pointless and irrational. There are far better ways to discipline your children, plus electronics are expensive.
True, and locking up the electronics for a month may be more effective, but sometimes you simply must demonstrate that you are serious; and if you bust up the electronic devices that you purchased, you will likely not have to endure a visit from Child Welfare Services for physically abusing the kids.


No but you can't complain when your phone goes missing and they tell you, yes, you were punished by having your electronics taken away. :wink:


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12 Jan 2021, 12:45 pm

I dated a man who was secretly pawning my kids' electronics, then calling them irresponsible for losing them.

We didn't date for very long. 8O

Morons.


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12 Jan 2021, 3:24 pm

funeralxempire wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Red Raid wrote:
Amusing, but pointless and irrational. There are far better ways to discipline your children, plus electronics are expensive.
True, and locking up the electronics for a month may be more effective, but sometimes you simply must demonstrate that you are serious; and if you bust up the electronic devices that you purchased, you will likely not have to endure a visit from Child Welfare Services for physically abusing the kids.
No but you can't complain when your phone goes missing and they tell you, yes, you were punished by having your electronics taken away.
Actually, I can complain ... to the police.

It is a good thing that I never had to, though. Maybe that had something to do with being a good parent.


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12 Jan 2021, 3:32 pm

Destroying electronics to "discipline" your kids is really stupid for multiple reasons. I honestly just think it teaches them that destroying things when you're mad at people is acceptable, and that you don't care about the value of items. I rather parents just give them away/sell them if they really need to get them out of their kids possession, because at least you're not wasting the resources from it and that doesn't instill any other bad behaviours.

Whenever I heard a kid in school mention their parents destroying things of theirs they often, unsurprisingly, had an issue with breaking other kids things and school property (like tablets, books, etc) when mad. :roll:



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12 Jan 2021, 3:34 pm

IsabellaLinton wrote:
I dated a man who was secretly pawning my kids' electronics, then calling them irresponsible for losing them.

We didn't date for very long. 8O

Morons.

Jesus, that's evil towards the children and also a complete disrespect of your possessions and resources. I'm glad you kicked him to the curb.



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12 Jan 2021, 3:36 pm

HeroOfHyrule wrote:
Destroying electronics to "discipline" your kids is really stupid for multiple reasons.  I honestly just think it teaches them that destroying things when you're mad at people is acceptable, and that you don't care about the value of items.  I rather parents just give them away/sell them if they really need to get them out of their kids possession, because at least you're not wasting the resources from it and that doesn't instill any other bad behaviours.  Whenever I heard a kid in school mention their parents destroying things of theirs they often, unsurprisingly, had an issue with breaking other kids things and school property (like tablets, books, etc) when mad.
Ahh ... but which came first: their destructive tendencies or their parents'?  If the former, then the parent may have figured that it was the only way to reach them; and if the latter, then the parents have created a monster.  So yeah ... it is better to remove and withhold the privilege of using expensive electronic toys and make the kids earn that privilege back than to destroy the kids' trust and respect in you.


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12 Jan 2021, 7:12 pm

HeroOfHyrule wrote:
IsabellaLinton wrote:
I dated a man who was secretly pawning my kids' electronics, then calling them irresponsible for losing them.

We didn't date for very long. 8O

Morons.

Jesus, that's evil towards the children and also a complete disrespect of your possessions and resources. I'm glad you kicked him to the curb.


He also poured grape juice in a brand new XBox 360, to spite them.

Winner winner, chicken dinner.


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