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.
“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.
Perhaps this father remembers the American kid caught vandalizing cars in Singapore and wishes to provide a counterpoint to that kid’s father.
Actions have consequences. “Time-out” is not always the best way to completely get the attention of a child. The same holds true for adults.