Gecko
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I totally support what this guy did. Along with the fact that he has total media sources that he and his family is NOT interested in being interviewed or being on their show or having their own show or anything else.
youtube.com/watch?v=kl1ujzRidmU&feature=g-logo&context=G211453bFOAAAAAAADAA
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Runswithscissors
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I thnk the guy was an idiot and needs anger management.....I totally support what he did in regards to the video taping...I totally support him putting his foot down on his teens behavior.. but instead of pumping 6 rounds into a damn laptop, he should of found a home in need of one... and given it to them.... what he did was a total waste for only his self justification....And if I had done that... and then told my daughter that she owed me for the bullets... her response would of been..."wow, aren't you cool... you just spent 130.00 to fix my laptop and then you waste it... why not give it to a family? And the $6.00 I owe you for the bullets? Uh.. I don't think so... I didn't "make" you use those bullets, you decided to waste them.. your problem"...... and you know... she would of been right.
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annieo
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I totally support it as well and wish more parents would parent and not be a friend not to mention it sounds like she has a decent life and a father who cares whereas many children have neither.
Yes he could have donated it but as far as his own self justification I WISH more parents would use some of this type of self justification with their children and maybe if things were taken away (not given back, too soon or ever, i.e. taking a phone, electronics, or what have you) and/or grounding and discipline our younger generation would not be so me me me me and my parents be damned.
When my son would leave a video game on the floor for the umpteenth time I finally told him that every one I find on the ground I will break in half and toss it in the garbage - I tried to take them for a while and give back but he knew he would get it back - several were broken before he finally kept them picked up and I NEVER replace them even as a gift - he has to replace what ever one it was if he wants it again and he doesn't have a whole lot of $$$ - he's ten. He has a place for them so there is NO reason not to put them up...
Maybe I am to harsh but at least my child knows I am his PARENT and not his friend and he is learning from it and I don't have to lay a hand on him nor do I have to yell at him. He is very well behaved and everyone who meets him says he is so nice, sweet, kind, respectful, helpful, and a joy to be around not to mention creative and intuitive. He knows he has a safe place to fall and that we will always be here for him and that we do as we say we will and do not make promises we cannot or do not plan to keep, but most of all that we are his parents and we love him to infinity and beyond (that's what we all say - I love you to infinity and beyond). He can be a little sh!t sometimes and has a little bit of a sassy mouth at the moment but we are working on that.
got off on a tangent ;) I just want to see more parents, parenting...
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Runswithscissors
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I agree on parents being parents... and it's up to us to do it correctly...
my self justification would of been to give it away... find a home or a child in need for education.... I would of shown my child that her selfish behavior cost her, her laptop.... but in I am also showing her I am a responsible parent who makes good decisions vs... putting 6 rounds and totally screwing HER, ME and a family out of a laptop.... He could of used those bullets on a target.... LOL... not a laptop.... The laptop would of gone to greater use... if given away...
LIke I said, my kids would of laughed at me if I did that.... and I don't blame them....
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Gecko
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Hmmmm...so he needs anger management SOLELY because he destroyed the laptop instead of giving it away?!?
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Gecko
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Yes he could have donated......
---> No...he couldn't because the message wouldn't have been the same. Oh sure...you could say, "If you aren't going to take care of yourself, then we'll give it to someone who will.", but the overall impact isn't the same if you have been brought up in a charitable household of 'waste not/want not'. Because then, even though YOU have 'lost' your item, you can 'feel good' that it has gone to someone else. But to have your 'bad' behavior lead to the destruction of something perfectly good...that someone else could have used...reinforces that what you did was wrong.
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Runswithscissors
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Yep....he has issues and I assume she's learned from his behavior.....
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elliesmom
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Not my style of parenting, but to each his own. i'd rather see this than the namby-pamby "nothing my kid does wrong is his/her fault" crap I usually hear.
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M5M5
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I agree with everything he did and why he did it.
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javajunkiee
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He had my vote up until the point he killed a perfectly good laptop. It's never a bad idea to have an "Oh Sh*t Spare" on hand, especially if you're an IT person. To kill it over some teenager being a self-absorbed twit ?
Total waste of technology.
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