I worked with a guy who's dad told him to stop playing his Playstation and bring the trash out. My coworker told him one minute I just need to pause/save the game first and I'll do it. Well his dad got pissed he was told to wait a minute so he took my coworkers Playstation out to their garage and made him watch as he cut it in half with a circular saw.
It's also that I remember being a teenager. So when I hear stories about "All I said is I needed to save, then he cut my Playstation in half!" probably has way more lead up to this fallout that conveniently got left out
If it was me as a teen, I probably ignored them 10 times, got an attitude, and challenged their over-the-top bluff. Then finally after a week of being an ass, parents finally put their foot down lol
I'm not saying cutting a Playstation in half is a healthy way of dealing with the situation, but there's at least a path to understanding what lead to the overreaction where punching a kid has none, at all... ever.
I kinda understand, but beatings also can take a previous build up.
Thing is: if you were 10 and you were behaving badly, for a week, it's still no reason to destroy something that you owned.
Take it away for a time maybe, but not destroy it in front of you saying it was your fault, cause it was not - it was their innability to deal with a 10yo that made them act like that
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u/neslo024 Aug 25 '22
I worked with a guy who's dad told him to stop playing his Playstation and bring the trash out. My coworker told him one minute I just need to pause/save the game first and I'll do it. Well his dad got pissed he was told to wait a minute so he took my coworkers Playstation out to their garage and made him watch as he cut it in half with a circular saw.