If that were my son and he started that, I'd unplug power cord from the computer and take the dsl/cable box and lock it in the safe.
That degree of addiction takes some time to get that bad and steps should have been taken much, MUCH sooner to prevent it in the first place. His parents need to cancel that subscription, toss out the CD's and restrict computer usage to school work only.
Family man first, Gamer second!
ArmySurplus makes no apologies if someone other than him has already posted his reply in part or otherwise. He cant be expected to read every single post on a thread and makes no promise to do so. If you posted a similar reply before him you undoubtedly stole his thoughts and used them without his written authorization. Please return to your post and edit it so that his post is the first to state whatever the hell he was thinking at the time. Thank you!
Why was this posted on ytmnd anyways? It's not funny in any way. I think it is rather rude whoever recorded it over vent and posted it up on the internet, shows alot about his guildmates. He should have recorded it and maybe let the child hear for himself back the whole incident so maybe it would sink in again that he needs to not play so much. Also his guildmates should have respected his parents side of it and suggest to him that maybe raiding is not the best thing for him to do at his age. His guildmates should have also suggested to him that he need not feel that he has to raid, that he can logoff whenever need be, and to not feel like he is letting the guild down.
I would like to see how some of you 20+ year olds would take it if someone pulled the plug on your raid in any game... There might not be tears but some punches to the wall.
I'm not saying I wouldn't be pissed off nowadays if someone yanked the plug. But I'm 25 years old, my home and my car are paid for, I've got a degree, and I know when to stop because I have other obligations. So pulling the plug on a 13 year old is a way to instill some form of discipline, and it is usually a consequence that comes AFTER some scene of whining, disrespect or disobedience...... You can't compare an adult to a child. It doesn't work that way.
This is not about WoW (or any MMO), this is not about addiction.
This is simply about a spoiled child who disrespects his parents. The problems were probably there long before he got plugged in to the computer.
Instead of everyone trying to point their finger at something else to blame for their own mistakes they should be pointing their finger at their own nose.
1) If there's no substance then there is no addiction, so STOP MISUSING THE TERM ADDICTION. It's plain willfulness, nothing more.
2) I've had my PC shut off when I was a teenager for less, so that kid has some very tolerant parents, and I think those parents need to consider being stricter with the kid.
3) But I do see that the kid was PO'd in that it took him forever to get a 25 raid together, personally I would have introduced the kid to MUDing and not WoW, if you want a kid that will play on the PC, but be able to easily say, "Bye" and get on with life. This is why I'm really say it, WoW is a scourge on the MMO market for pulling the raid/pokemon-equipment crap on kids (aka CASUAL MY ARSE!). At least in MUDing the worse the kid might get into is teenage furry pr0n or running his own website and MUD server from home.
Wow, I haven't laughed that much in a while...but thank god the parents actually took some sort of action. Hopefully the kid doesn't go emotionally and mentally unstable to the point he'll hate them for trying to help.
1) If there's no substance then there is no addiction, so STOP MISUSING THE TERM ADDICTION. It's plain willfulness, nothing more. -- Brede
You're incorrect I'm afraid...
You're assuming ALL kinds of addictions are drug addictions, which is untrue. And yes...I have gone to school for Psychology.
There is addiction, a simple word that can be used to describe multiple instances. Then there are physical/psychological dependencies, dysfunctions, mental disorders, etc...
ad·dic·tion (?-d?k'sh?n)
n.
Compulsive physiological and psychological need for a habit-forming substance: a drug used in the treatment of heroin addiction.
An instance of this: a person with multiple chemical addictions.
The condition of being habitually or compulsively occupied with or or involved in something.
An instance of this: had an addiction for fast cars.
I'm 17, I play alot of video games but I have never ever done that. My dad comes from London and works long hours, if I did that...I would regret it because being brought up by an Ex-football hooligan who's dad used to hit him for nothing has taught me to never disrespect my elders unless I am willing to face them like a man.
If I had done that, my Dad would have stood me face to face with him and told me to stop..If I didn't, well you can all picture what would happen next lol...One punch and that would teach me a lesson in life, I'm a man, I have to grow up and face up to my wrong doings. Do I hate my Dad for being hard on me? No...This sound clip made me realise for the 2 or 3 times I did disrespect my parents I have not become like him. If my Dad pussy footed around me like that, I would be a little whiney bitch like he is.
This kid needs a lesson in life..His dad should of laid down the law.
Hmm, Fear and respect. My dad hasn't even grabbed me ever, not nearly, his look and the anger in his voice was enough. He'd keep on me about everything, to this day at 23, nothing good enough, i'd be useless at everything, no encouragement, i was expected to be better. I still don't argue with him, what's the point? You NEVER win at arguments, you just gotta say "ok then".
In my teenage years, he'd take me out for drinks. Madness you say, well whilst others were vandalising the park drinking extra strength lager, i was drinking in the pub with my dad, the youngest little local. I now know the dangers of alcohol and drink responsibly and have no desire to binge drink like my peers. Growing up with people twice my age i saw things without having to try them myself. I still drink with him now in the pub, like a mate.
But i respect my dad, even though he'd have a go at me for no reason at all, i'd never do anything bad out of fear of his reaction, i mean, if he reacts badly due to the noise i make when chewing food with my mouth closed...but it never got to that stage, because i never did anything bad...ever. He'd do a strange thing. Buy me anything i wanted, i'd have the best clothes, games consoles, everything, but if i did anything REMOTELY bad, even trivial stuff like leave a dirty glass in the kitchen without washing it, he'd go mad. The result was i knew if i just accepted anything thrown at me with good will and a smile, the rewards were there, and it carries so well over to real life, as it's made me so self-confident and strong-willed.
I'd play MMO's 12 hours straight whilst at Uni, he'd say how lazy, i was, i was a failure, i'd never become anything. The penny dropped, i felt bad about myself, started eating healthily, stopped MMO's and hey presto, got the degree, got the good job and the girlfriends flowed lol. Punishment - Reward - Punishment - Reward. Dogs learn that fact pretty fast, are kids dumber than dogs?
So in summary. TELL THE LITTLE TURD HE'S WRONG, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S A FACT, HE DEALS WITH IT, NO SPECIAL MEETING, DISCUSSION, IT HAPPENS OR HE GOES AND LIVES WITH HIS NAN AND HE'LL HAVE NO PC, NO NICE CLOTHES, WEARING THOSE CHEAP IMMITATION NIKE TRAINERS WITH THE FAKE PLASTIC BUBBLE IN THE SIDE SO THE KIDS MAKE FUN OF HIM.
Why? Because he deserves a good thump in the head?
Geez, my parents would have put up with that whining for a whole 1/2 a second. Just the amount of time it would take my dad to get within striking range of me. That's ridiculous! Talk about weak parents.
Yes because beating your child is always the answer.
Though his parents didn't do a good job of dealing with it either. It's so sad when a parent insults their child. They could of deal with the situation more positively. It's just sad...
please my mum gave us nice smacks across the face and guess what she breed a surgeon in my brother.
This is whats wrong with the world now the next generation are gonna be totally useless (already are).Now kids can do what they want without any fear of anything but allowance or tv been taken from them.
Now a good slap is the msot feared thing on earth for a kid and trust me it breeds character.
My apologies xXSeraphielXx. I was pretty tired at the time and must have edited the quote boxes incorrectly. Thank you for correcting me, I certainly wouldn't do that intentionally.
~Mysk
Originally posted by xXSeraphielX Originally posted by Mysk
Originally posted by xXSeraphielX Though, judging from your syntax, you arent the most heavily educated person yourself. I feel like this is a large part of the problem. There are so many parents out there who have no concept of how to raise a child and no respect for the responsibility they have to that child. Like you, infrared, are blaming the child for this behaviour when his very nature has been determined by his life up to this point. You and the rest of his family, the way you have treated him, and the conditions of his childhood are what made him the man he is today. It is important to respect your children as human beings.
I don't necessarily agree nor disagree with infrared1, nor am I saying that there isn't any truth to what you're saying. Seems to me, though, that you're being a bit high and mighty here. The grammar used by the both of yous (that was deliberate ) isn't the greatest, and this is a forum. Forums can be a poor judge of a person's education. I'm also not saying that there aren't any social factors involved with addiction, but some people are simply predisposed to being an addict of one thing or another. Gambling, drugs, gaming, sex, whatever; if they're the type to become addicted, then they'll get addicted to one thing or another. I suppose that gaming is better than cocaine. Folks like the kid in the audio and infrared1's kid need help. Sometimes that help comes in the form of "hard love", and other times it's counseling. It's unfortunate that friends in this case are fueling his addiction and holding him back.. whether or not I agree with him, I think that I see where infrared1 is coming from. Personally I would recommend counseling as the next step, but the guy has his own life to live. Ultimately there's only so much that you can do to help someone. As for the kid in the audio, I would pull the plug on his computer and from there just allow him a "time allowance" of sorts to check his email. The rest of the time there would be no computer and no game consoles, and maybe he'd have to do chores around the house to earn that "time allowance". ...annnd it's bed time. /wave ~Mysk
Please if you are going to post a quote ensure the correct person is quoted.... if you check I did not say that.... xXSeraphielXx
Why? Because he deserves a good thump in the head? Geez, my parents would have put up with that whining for a whole 1/2 a second. Just the amount of time it would take my dad to get within striking range of me. That's ridiculous! Talk about weak parents.
Yes because beating your child is always the answer.
Though his parents didn't do a good job of dealing with it either. It's so sad when a parent insults their child. They could of deal with the situation more positively. It's just sad...
When did they insult him? they couldn't have been more diplomatic if they tried. The kid had more power and say than they did, where as all i got as a kid was "Go live somewhere else then" i soon shut up. When that little shit gets into the real world, he'll get a kick in pretty fast and realise he can't have everything he wants.
It's people like that going "they shoulda sat down and had a meeting to discuss his feelings about the game". He's probably 15 and obviously has no life skills at all. The future looks bleak as it's people like that who will be running the world. P.S. i wasn't like that at even 5 btw, and i DID what i told...cos hmm...i respected my parents?
I have a solution to this oh so complicated issue. Cancel WoW or take the computer out of the kids room until the child learns to behave properly. If the ever present 'but he needs the computer to do his homework' comes up by him a encyclopedia and a typewriter.
It is amazing what being firm with a child can accomplish.
Lol. This is off topic, but it reminded my of a funny story from gw.
We were in the hall of heroes and one of the guys on the team is like 'I gtg, mom agro'. And another guy starts flipping out cause it's going to break up the team. Clearly in his 20s-30s he asks 'What if I called your mom and explained to her what we are trying to do'.
I couldn't stop laughing, just picturing 'comic book guy' trying to explain to some mom why she has to let her son stay on his bunny thumper w/mo so American can retain the favor of the gods.
I can't even understand why some people are even defending this kid.
As long as he lives at home, his parents have every right to tell him what to do and revoke any of his gadgets. Judging from his voice I highly doubt he's old enough to have paid for the computer.
If I were his parents I'd have pulled the plug the instant he started yelling and crying. No questions asked.
About how "important" it was to finish the raid or whatever because of how long he had spent setting it up? His mom couldn't have put it better; "that's unfortunate". She only forgot the "deal with it".
Originally posted by BigBlackWook My god. I have a solution to this oh so complicated issue. Cancel WoW or take the computer out of the kids room until the child learns to behave properly. If the ever present 'but he needs the computer to do his homework' comes up by him a encyclopedia and a typewriter. It is amazing what being firm with a child can accomplish.
Agreed. Besides kids who use a computer/internet to do homework are generally not as academically sound anyway. Using the internet defeats the point. I did my WHOLE degree without going to lectures, just using the internet, i did my dissertation in 3 mornings ffs.
You ask half of them to write their names and look at the handwriting, because i'll admit, even mine is becoming a bit shakey nowadays. Another thing, i bet they struggle with math's without a calculator, ask them to spell a word without spellcheck. Sometimes going back to roots is the best way.
I have a solution to this oh so complicated issue. Cancel WoW or take the computer out of the kids room until the child learns to behave properly. If the ever present 'but he needs the computer to do his homework' comes up by him a encyclopedia and a typewriter.
It is amazing what being firm with a child can accomplish.
Agreed. Besides kids who use a computer/internet to do homework are generally not as academically sound anyway. Using the internet defeats the point. I did my WHOLE degree without going to lectures, just using the internet, i did my dissertation in 3 mornings ffs.
You ask half of them to write their names and look at the handwriting, because i'll admit, even mine is becoming a bit shakey nowadays. Another thing, i bet they struggle with math's without a calculator, ask them to spell a word without spellcheck. Sometimes going back to roots is the best way.
Actually, having just read some of my spelling and grammar maybe i'm the one who needs the typewriter and encyclopedia approach.
But, yeah, this problem sounds like an easy fix. The kid is begging for discipline.
Diffrent people have diffrent learning habits, the whole a spanking is the ultimate answer is what messed me up as a kid.
Taught me that violence is a great answer to any problem you had, wasnt till high school I finally figured out it wasnt.
And besides, at 12 I was up till 3 am playing EQ and UO, and ya know what I did when I had to wake up at 6 to go to school? I woke up and went to school... not that hard
Of course some of my friends and judging by the replies some of the posters are great examples that some people do learn better by getting the shit knocked outta them. I just wasnt one of them.
My dad never hit me, he never shouted at me, and oh, I've got a girl friend, I'm slim, I have friends and I'm about to finish my MD. When I was 13, my father and I played MIG-29 Fulcrum together and had great times, when I beat all my friends in street fighter after a 12 hour session my father said "god I'm so proud". When I was bad at school he said "comeon, I studied biology, lets team up and I'll help you with this"; when I wrecked my bike because I was a stupid idiot my father said "well, you don't have your bike anymore, that's enough punishment" - oh boy, and it was, my pride AND my bike. Failure itself is defeat enough.
If you break the will of your kids time and again, don't be suprised if they slap you in the face at the age of 30... or worse. I LOVE my father, he is successful, I am successful - and we were a team, right from the start. So just swallow your spanking bulls**t...
Why? Because he deserves a good thump in the head?
Geez, my parents would have put up with that whining for a whole 1/2 a second. Just the amount of time it would take my dad to get within striking range of me. That's ridiculous! Talk about weak parents.
Yes because beating your child is always the answer.
Though his parents didn't do a good job of dealing with it either. It's so sad when a parent insults their child. They could of deal with the situation more positively. It's just sad...
There is a pathetic democratic canned response. Yeah, be nice to the kid and let him walk all over you. Be positive because he won't listen to you. Yeah, just QFT.
good parents or not, is not the issue here.... this grown kid. (assuming he is in highschool) started crying over a video game like a 2 year old getting a Gamecube controller taken away from him...
This kid needs to be taken out in the back yard and beaten with the garden hose till he mans up... what pathetic wimp.....
I hope he knows of mmorpg.com and finds this and realizes how much of an idiot he really is.
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If that were my son and he started that, I'd unplug power cord from the computer and take the dsl/cable box and lock it in the safe.
That degree of addiction takes some time to get that bad and steps should have been taken much, MUCH sooner to prevent it in the first place. His parents need to cancel that subscription, toss out the CD's and restrict computer usage to school work only.
Family man first, Gamer second!
ArmySurplus makes no apologies if someone other than him has already posted his reply in part or otherwise. He cant be expected to read every single post on a thread and makes no promise to do so. If you posted a similar reply before him you undoubtedly stole his thoughts and used them without his written authorization. Please return to your post and edit it so that his post is the first to state whatever the hell he was thinking at the time. Thank you!
This is not about WoW (or any MMO), this is not about addiction.
This is simply about a spoiled child who disrespects his parents. The problems were probably there long before he got plugged in to the computer.
Instead of everyone trying to point their finger at something else to blame for their own mistakes they should be pointing their finger at their own nose.
1) If there's no substance then there is no addiction, so STOP MISUSING THE TERM ADDICTION. It's plain willfulness, nothing more.
2) I've had my PC shut off when I was a teenager for less, so that kid has some very tolerant parents, and I think those parents need to consider being stricter with the kid.
3) But I do see that the kid was PO'd in that it took him forever to get a 25 raid together, personally I would have introduced the kid to MUDing and not WoW, if you want a kid that will play on the PC, but be able to easily say, "Bye" and get on with life. This is why I'm really say it, WoW is a scourge on the MMO market for pulling the raid/pokemon-equipment crap on kids (aka CASUAL MY ARSE!). At least in MUDing the worse the kid might get into is teenage furry pr0n or running his own website and MUD server from home.
-- Brede
They're stuck going through Scarlet Monastery
Wow, I haven't laughed that much in a while...but thank god the parents actually took some sort of action. Hopefully the kid doesn't go emotionally and mentally unstable to the point he'll hate them for trying to help.
You're assuming ALL kinds of addictions are drug addictions, which is untrue. And yes...I have gone to school for Psychology.
There is addiction, a simple word that can be used to describe multiple instances. Then there are physical/psychological dependencies, dysfunctions, mental disorders, etc...
ad·dic·tion
n.
I'm 17, I play alot of video games but I have never ever done that. My dad comes from London and works long hours, if I did that...I would regret it because being brought up by an Ex-football hooligan who's dad used to hit him for nothing has taught me to never disrespect my elders unless I am willing to face them like a man.
If I had done that, my Dad would have stood me face to face with him and told me to stop..If I didn't, well you can all picture what would happen next lol...One punch and that would teach me a lesson in life, I'm a man, I have to grow up and face up to my wrong doings. Do I hate my Dad for being hard on me? No...This sound clip made me realise for the 2 or 3 times I did disrespect my parents I have not become like him. If my Dad pussy footed around me like that, I would be a little whiney bitch like he is.
This kid needs a lesson in life..His dad should of laid down the law.
They should get rid of the internet all together.,, but theres a lot more problems here than just the game obviously.
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Hmm, Fear and respect. My dad hasn't even grabbed me ever, not nearly, his look and the anger in his voice was enough. He'd keep on me about everything, to this day at 23, nothing good enough, i'd be useless at everything, no encouragement, i was expected to be better. I still don't argue with him, what's the point? You NEVER win at arguments, you just gotta say "ok then".
In my teenage years, he'd take me out for drinks. Madness you say, well whilst others were vandalising the park drinking extra strength lager, i was drinking in the pub with my dad, the youngest little local. I now know the dangers of alcohol and drink responsibly and have no desire to binge drink like my peers. Growing up with people twice my age i saw things without having to try them myself. I still drink with him now in the pub, like a mate.
But i respect my dad, even though he'd have a go at me for no reason at all, i'd never do anything bad out of fear of his reaction, i mean, if he reacts badly due to the noise i make when chewing food with my mouth closed...but it never got to that stage, because i never did anything bad...ever. He'd do a strange thing. Buy me anything i wanted, i'd have the best clothes, games consoles, everything, but if i did anything REMOTELY bad, even trivial stuff like leave a dirty glass in the kitchen without washing it, he'd go mad. The result was i knew if i just accepted anything thrown at me with good will and a smile, the rewards were there, and it carries so well over to real life, as it's made me so self-confident and strong-willed.
I'd play MMO's 12 hours straight whilst at Uni, he'd say how lazy, i was, i was a failure, i'd never become anything. The penny dropped, i felt bad about myself, started eating healthily, stopped MMO's and hey presto, got the degree, got the good job and the girlfriends flowed lol. Punishment - Reward - Punishment - Reward. Dogs learn that fact pretty fast, are kids dumber than dogs?
So in summary. TELL THE LITTLE TURD HE'S WRONG, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S A FACT, HE DEALS WITH IT, NO SPECIAL MEETING, DISCUSSION, IT HAPPENS OR HE GOES AND LIVES WITH HIS NAN AND HE'LL HAVE NO PC, NO NICE CLOTHES, WEARING THOSE CHEAP IMMITATION NIKE TRAINERS WITH THE FAKE PLASTIC BUBBLE IN THE SIDE SO THE KIDS MAKE FUN OF HIM.
Yes because beating your child is always the answer.
Though his parents didn't do a good job of dealing with it either. It's so sad when a parent insults their child. They could of deal with the situation more positively. It's just sad...
please my mum gave us nice smacks across the face and guess what she breed a surgeon in my brother.
This is whats wrong with the world now the next generation are gonna be totally useless (already are).Now kids can do what they want without any fear of anything but allowance or tv been taken from them.
Now a good slap is the msot feared thing on earth for a kid and trust me it breeds character.
games are there for recreation not damnation
i~ku~ra
My apologies xXSeraphielXx. I was pretty tired at the time and must have edited the quote boxes incorrectly. Thank you for correcting me, I certainly wouldn't do that intentionally.
~Mysk
I don't necessarily agree nor disagree with infrared1, nor am I saying that there isn't any truth to what you're saying.
Seems to me, though, that you're being a bit high and mighty here. The grammar used by the both of yous (that was deliberate
I'm also not saying that there aren't any social factors involved with addiction, but some people are simply predisposed to being an addict of one thing or another. Gambling, drugs, gaming, sex, whatever; if they're the type to become addicted, then they'll get addicted to one thing or another.
I suppose that gaming is better than cocaine.
Folks like the kid in the audio and infrared1's kid need help. Sometimes that help comes in the form of "hard love", and other times it's counseling. It's unfortunate that friends in this case are fueling his addiction and holding him back.. whether or not I agree with him, I think that I see where infrared1 is coming from.
Personally I would recommend counseling as the next step, but the guy has his own life to live. Ultimately there's only so much that you can do to help someone.
As for the kid in the audio, I would pull the plug on his computer and from there just allow him a "time allowance" of sorts to check his email. The rest of the time there would be no computer and no game consoles, and maybe he'd have to do chores around the house to earn that "time allowance".
...annnd it's bed time. /wave
~Mysk
Please if you are going to post a quote ensure the correct person is quoted.... if you check I did not say that....
xXSeraphielXx
Yes because beating your child is always the answer.
Though his parents didn't do a good job of dealing with it either. It's so sad when a parent insults their child. They could of deal with the situation more positively. It's just sad...
When did they insult him? they couldn't have been more diplomatic if they tried. The kid had more power and say than they did, where as all i got as a kid was "Go live somewhere else then" i soon shut up. When that little shit gets into the real world, he'll get a kick in pretty fast and realise he can't have everything he wants.
It's people like that going "they shoulda sat down and had a meeting to discuss his feelings about the game". He's probably 15 and obviously has no life skills at all. The future looks bleak as it's people like that who will be running the world. P.S. i wasn't like that at even 5 btw, and i DID what i told...cos hmm...i respected my parents?
He sounds 12.And there are many.
My god.
I have a solution to this oh so complicated issue. Cancel WoW or take the computer out of the kids room until the child learns to behave properly. If the ever present 'but he needs the computer to do his homework' comes up by him a encyclopedia and a typewriter.
It is amazing what being firm with a child can accomplish.
Lol. This is off topic, but it reminded my of a funny story from gw.
We were in the hall of heroes and one of the guys on the team is like 'I gtg, mom agro'. And another guy starts flipping out cause it's going to break up the team. Clearly in his 20s-30s he asks 'What if I called your mom and explained to her what we are trying to do'.
I couldn't stop laughing, just picturing 'comic book guy' trying to explain to some mom why she has to let her son stay on his bunny thumper w/mo so American can retain the favor of the gods.
As long as he lives at home, his parents have every right to tell him what to do and revoke any of his gadgets. Judging from his voice I highly doubt he's old enough to have paid for the computer.
If I were his parents I'd have pulled the plug the instant he started yelling and crying. No questions asked.
About how "important" it was to finish the raid or whatever because of how long he had spent setting it up? His mom couldn't have put it better; "that's unfortunate". She only forgot the "deal with it".
Agreed. Besides kids who use a computer/internet to do homework are generally not as academically sound anyway. Using the internet defeats the point. I did my WHOLE degree without going to lectures, just using the internet, i did my dissertation in 3 mornings ffs.
You ask half of them to write their names and look at the handwriting, because i'll admit, even mine is becoming a bit shakey nowadays. Another thing, i bet they struggle with math's without a calculator, ask them to spell a word without spellcheck. Sometimes going back to roots is the best way.
Agreed. Besides kids who use a computer/internet to do homework are generally not as academically sound anyway. Using the internet defeats the point. I did my WHOLE degree without going to lectures, just using the internet, i did my dissertation in 3 mornings ffs.
You ask half of them to write their names and look at the handwriting, because i'll admit, even mine is becoming a bit shakey nowadays. Another thing, i bet they struggle with math's without a calculator, ask them to spell a word without spellcheck. Sometimes going back to roots is the best way.
Actually, having just read some of my spelling and grammar maybe i'm the one who needs the typewriter and encyclopedia approach.
But, yeah, this problem sounds like an easy fix. The kid is begging for discipline.
Diffrent people have diffrent learning habits, the whole a spanking is the ultimate answer is what messed me up as a kid.
Taught me that violence is a great answer to any problem you had, wasnt till high school I finally figured out it wasnt.
And besides, at 12 I was up till 3 am playing EQ and UO, and ya know what I did when I had to wake up at 6 to go to school? I woke up and went to school... not that hard
Of course some of my friends and judging by the replies some of the posters are great examples that some people do learn better by getting the shit knocked outta them. I just wasnt one of them.
If you break the will of your kids time and again, don't be suprised if they slap you in the face at the age of 30... or worse. I LOVE my father, he is successful, I am successful - and we were a team, right from the start. So just swallow your spanking bulls**t...
Meridion
Yes because beating your child is always the answer.
Though his parents didn't do a good job of dealing with it either. It's so sad when a parent insults their child. They could of deal with the situation more positively. It's just sad...
There is a pathetic democratic canned response. Yeah, be nice to the kid and let him walk all over you. Be positive because he won't listen to you. Yeah, just QFT.good parents or not, is not the issue here.... this grown kid. (assuming he is in highschool) started crying over a video game like a 2 year old getting a Gamecube controller taken away from him...
This kid needs to be taken out in the back yard and beaten with the garden hose till he mans up... what pathetic wimp.....
I hope he knows of mmorpg.com and finds this and realizes how much of an idiot he really is.
This all being said. IT was funny as hell!