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Son Comes Home With Bad Grades. Then His Father Decides to Give Him Some Tough Love Motivation
PJ Media ^ | 05-16-2015 | Michael van der Galien

Posted on 05/16/2015 3:45:46 AM PDT by Michael van der Galien

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1 posted on 05/16/2015 3:45:47 AM PDT by Michael van der Galien
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Why did the dad put it on the internet? “Hey look at me!”


2 posted on 05/16/2015 3:48:11 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Michael van der Galien

He couldn’t just put it in the attic until his grades improved?


3 posted on 05/16/2015 3:50:51 AM PDT by Homer1
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I'd take the x-box away for a while, until grades were brought up, but why destroy it? If the kid brings up his grades, stays out of trouble and does kind things— and all he wants for his birthday is another x-box than that was a pretty dumb decision.
4 posted on 05/16/2015 3:51:55 AM PDT by MacMattico
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Good Dad!


5 posted on 05/16/2015 3:54:46 AM PDT by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: Michael van der Galien; EEGator

He should have made the child give it to Toys For Tots or a homeless shelter rather than destroying it.


6 posted on 05/16/2015 3:56:10 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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That’s a good idea. I have a feeling that is an a-hole. What grown man does that, on tape, and posts it to the internet?


7 posted on 05/16/2015 3:58:14 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

that = the dad


8 posted on 05/16/2015 3:58:40 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Michael van der Galien

Second-guessing a father punishing his son, particularly in this coddling PC/liberal/BS climate, is something I simply will not do.

Kudos to him for caring and thank God the kid had a father that cares.


9 posted on 05/16/2015 3:59:23 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus-)
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I say it was staged.


10 posted on 05/16/2015 4:00:51 AM PDT by Ken H (What happens on the internet stays on the internet.)
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To: EEGator

My thought is the same. Don’t know all the details but it seems more like the father wants to do something dramatic after the fact so he can be seen as a good tough father, rather than doing the work of being a father on a daily basis. Was he asking the kid at the dinner table how his test went? Was he checking whether there was any homework to finish before the kid disappeared for the evening to play XBox? Was he checking on the kids grades (At this age most schools let you see lots of intermediate grades)?

I see that several posters have already suggested taking the Xbox away until the grade is improved, which seems like a pretty good idea from a parenting perspective, although not as good a way to get the attention of trending on the Internet.

The idea of making the kid destroy his favorite toy and videoing it seems sadistic to me.


11 posted on 05/16/2015 4:06:49 AM PDT by CaptainMorgantown
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effing moron. Just take it away until the grades come up


12 posted on 05/16/2015 4:07:06 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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Well, it’s an ex-box now!


13 posted on 05/16/2015 4:07:33 AM PDT by MarDav
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To: Ken H

My first thought as well.

If it wasn’t staged, I’d say the father was just looking for a good excuse to do it.

Ephesians 6:4 And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.


14 posted on 05/16/2015 4:08:13 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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“Look at me”, yeah, no.


15 posted on 05/16/2015 4:11:46 AM PDT by BlackAdderess ("Give me a but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth". --Archimedes)
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Great Bible verse. Discipline is a daily thing, as simple as saying “you know our rule. No Xbox until your homework is done”. A dramatic, humiliating gesture after the fact is more about making the father feel tough than fixing the problem.


16 posted on 05/16/2015 4:14:34 AM PDT by CaptainMorgantown
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“I see that several posters have already suggested taking the Xbox away until the grade is improved, which seems like a pretty good idea from a parenting perspective, although not as good a way to get the attention of trending on the Internet.

The idea of making the kid destroy his favorite toy and videoing it seems sadistic to me.”

Agree completely.


17 posted on 05/16/2015 4:16:18 AM PDT by EEGator
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That’s my thought. My position is that everything of the child’s is either on loan from the parent or it can only be used conditionally. The kid could have bought it with his own money, but he can only use it on my say so as long as it is in my house.

I would have locked it away until he earned the right to use it.


18 posted on 05/16/2015 4:16:19 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: EEGator

What dad gives their kid an x-box in the first place? I didn’t give my son one and now he’s an up and coming Mechanical Engineer. He bought his own.


19 posted on 05/16/2015 4:17:06 AM PDT by Howie66 ("Tone down the tagline please." - Admin Moderator)
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If I were the son Id be less motivated.


20 posted on 05/16/2015 4:17:31 AM PDT by nikos1121 ("The enemy of your enemy is your enemy!" B. Netanyahu)
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