A 'juvenile' lover of Halo 3 has been accused of punching his mother (after she forced him to end his game) and fighting with sheriff's deputies as they tried to restrain him. Further reports that he attacked his mother and police with a 360 controller melee-style attack have yet to be confirmed. And won't be. We made that bit up.
Parents told deputies their son was playing Halo 3, and it was getting late and he needed to shut it off. Hey, we've all been there. But when he refused to turn it off, the parents reportedly took the air card* out of his machine so he couldn't play anymore.
Son then became enraged like a Brute that's lost his armour and went through the house looking for the air card. It was during this moment of him running riot when he punched his mother, and the cops were called. The kid then legged it back to his room (with the air card), locked the door and carried on playing.
Deputies and mum banged on the door but only got a load of abuse hurled back at them. Like when you actually play Halo 3 on Xbox Live.
Eventually he was cuffed and turned over to state juvenile authorities on charges of battery-domestic violence and battery on a law-enforcement officer. Let that be a lesson to you.
*By the way, if anyone knows what an 'air card' is please let us know. Unless it's Spanish for CD?
is it by any chance like those poor people who have to rent a TV and put coins in the back of it? but theyve now entered the plastic age and got a meter card like gas/water.
Little toerag, nothing a good clip round the ear won't sort it, the youth of today, when I was a kid I had respect blah blah blah, yaddi yaddi yah etc etc!
lol, that story is just too funny, we've all been there though, my folks used to just throw the trip switch resetting my computer and taking it another halg hour to load from tape, lol
The bad part is the media is going to blame Halo 3 saying stuff like 'It makes you hit your mum' rather than it being a case of bad parenting or a out of control child.
WHAT? How is it bad parenting? So your child punching you and then locking itself in its the room is expected?
Are you serious? How is the child punching the parent bad parenting?
Sounds like sounds parenting. Taking away things when you don't do what you're told and calling the police when you break the law.
I don't understand what you said there. Sounds like sounds parenting? Confused. So you think that a normal reaction for a child is for it to attack its mother when she takes something away from him? Also, calling the police when your child misbehaves is just over the top. As if you put a lock on a childs door that you can't open from the outside. Fire, anyone? Anyway, wheres the father in all this?
I don't understand what your said there. Sounds like sounds parenting? Confused. So you think that a normal reaction for a child is for it to attack its mother when she tells takes something away from him? Also, calling the police when your child misbehaves is just over the top. As if you put a lock on a childs door that you can't open from the outside. Fire, anyone? Anyway, wheres the father in all this?
Sounds like sound parenting, is what I should have said and if you want to pick up on grammar, then:
So you think that a normal reaction for a child is for it to attack its mother when she tells takes something away from him?
Well, let's see. She's been attacked. If it's for something as small as taking a video game away from a kid, then I dread to think what would happen for other things. You need to cut that behaviour out straight away and I can't think of any better way.
No I don't think it's normal behaviour and you're confusing me as to why you're blaming the parent for this. Punching someone is not misbehaving. It's attacking.
I had a lock on my bedroom at home. It came with the house. My parents didn't put it there, it was a twisty lock, like in a hotel room.
All i can say is ban Halo 3 and release Manhunt 2. Hoorah.
PS. For the love of god please get rid of that god dam annoying bladestorm advert. I hate opening up a couple of windows and then that crappy music comes on and its like a mad hunt for the bladestorm advert to turn it off. ARGH.
God I had to laugh at that, I know that it's wrong, but it is well funny.
Must be said tho, America is getting worse, in fact, it's not just the US, its us as well. This PC crap is getting beyond a joke. She probably never smacked him one for fear of getting locked up and added to some sort of violent parenting register.
I can mind back in my Amiga days, I refused to turn off a game of Champ man I was playing and went bezerk at my mum (Think the next game was a cup final). Very simple solution, she went downstairs, got a pair of scissors, came back up, unplugged the TV from the wall and then cut the plug off. Safe to say I was left f*cked for the next week while I was punished for giving my mum abuse.
If I had hit her, OMG, my head would have been embedded in the telly.
I don't understand what your said there. Sounds like sounds parenting? Confused. So you think that a normal reaction for a child is for it to attack its mother when she tells takes something away from him? Also, calling the police when your child misbehaves is just over the top. As if you put a lock on a childs door that you can't open from the outside. Fire, anyone? Anyway, wheres the father in all this?
Sounds like sound parenting, is what I should have said and if you want to pick up on grammar, then:
So you think that a normal reaction for a child is for it to attack its mother when she tells takes something away from him?
Well, let's see. She's been attacked. If it's for something as small as taking a video game away from a kid, then I dread to think what would happen for other things. You need to cut that behaviour out straight away and I can't think of any better way.
No I don't think it's normal behaviour and you're confusing me as to why you're blaming the parent for this. Punching someone is not misbehaving. It's attacking.
I had a lock on my bedroom at home. It came with the house. My parents didn't put it there, it was a twisty lock, like in a hotel room.
Also, could be single mother?
It's a mark of bad parenting. Sorry I'm with JR on this one, I would never EVER hit my Mom and that's out of respect for her which I have learnt.
If I ever did hit my Mom I'd prob be calling the emergency services and requesting an ambulance for myself if I wasn't knocked out cold that is.
It's a mark of respect to never raise your hand to parents, something that comes with good parenting. This woman was obviously not doing her job. Taking away the card... that shouldn't even have to be done.
When I was a kid and I got the turn off that Nintendo (even though I had an SMS, old school parents) and go to bed. I did it because if I didn't I knew what would come next belt or shoe
I detect a sprinkle of sarcasm there It just doesn't mention him. The fact the mother had to call the police to get the child to go to bed is mad.
Christ almighty, you are so missing the point. The son punched the mother. Hello? Is this fact somehow being blocked from your brain?
Far, far from it. If my brother punched me I wouldn't call the police. I'd make sure it didn't happen again. If you have to call the police to manage your child you have some serious home issues that need dealing with. My comment about going to bed was because thats how it all started. The mother could not put the child to bed and when she tried to take away his distraction the child raised its hand. If child raises its hand to its mother there is something seriously wrong.
Oh, and I wasn't being picky about your grammer or spelling. Mine can be terrible, I just didn't understand what you meant.
Just imagine what he would have done if she confiscated his handgun?!
Set the house on fire? Just gimme 5 mins with this kid... Do you know what happens to you in the army if you backtalk a commanding officer? Esentially the same thing old school parents do or worse
I had to deal with some punk kids outside my flat yesterday. Making all kinds of noise and smashing bottles at midnight. I have to get up for work at 6, so I went outside, asked them nicely to chill out and they told me some profanities. So I grabbed the biggest one threw him into a dumpster (knocking his head on the sides first), elbowed 2 more in the face and the rest ran away like little b*tches
These kids all mouth, don't know how to take a whupping
There's always the "In my day we had respect..." blah but I think it's simpler than that and it's been touched on in previous posts.
If we raised our hands to our parent(s), the punishment would be severe. If I'd hit my mum, the rest of my family would've dropped on me like a tonne of bricks.
My point is that if the child hadn't punched the mother, then the police wouldn't have been called out. So it's not calling the police out to get the child to go to bed.
Teaching a child how to act these days is very difficult. A lot of it does come down to parenting but there's also those who your child interacts with elsewhere, such as school. Personally, I think it's quite good that the mother showed consequences of actions by calling the police. Better than hitting the child back, isn't it?
My point is that if the child hadn't punched the mother, then the police wouldn't have been called out. So it's not calling the police out to get the child to go to bed.
Teaching a child how to act these days is very difficult. A lot of it does come down to parenting but there's also those who your child interacts with elsewhere, such as school. Personally, I think it's quite good that the mother showed consequences of actions by calling the police. Better than hitting the child back, isn't it?
Erm.... no Give him a backhand like you were playing tennis I say
adopts best lancastrian accent: when i grew up there was 350 of us living in a shoe-box in the middle of the road... anyway,what happened? did the kid flip out when he finished halo 3 the same day he/his mother bought it: 6 hours!? f**king bitch,take that.
look guys im all for freedom of speech and feel we should be able to make a choice on what games we play buy clearly...Halo 3 should be banned...sick filth!
It's a mark of bad parenting. Sorry I'm with JR on this one, I would never EVER hit my Mom and that's out of respect for her which I have learnt.
If I ever did hit my Mom I'd prob be calling the emergency services and requesting an ambulance for myself if I wasn't knocked out cold that is.
It's a mark of respect to never raise your hand to parents, something that comes with good parenting. This woman was obviously not doing her job. Taking away the card... that shouldn't even have to be done.
When I was a kid and I got the turn off that Nintendo (even though I had an SMS, old school parents) and go to bed. I did it because if I didn't I knew what would come next belt or shoe
Agree completely. The problem these days is that kids are treated as little adults, not kids. You cannot reason with a child, and they need to understand there are consequences to actions.
If your parents tell you to do something you should do it. No 'ifs', not 'buts', no reasoning, it should just be done.
When i was a kid (im 26 now) if i misbehaved badly enough i would be hit. I wouldnt be pleaded with, or sent to the naughty spot for 15 mins, as seems to be the way kids are 'disciplined' these days.
Being hit demonstrates consequences to bad behaviour, and reduces the chances of you doing it again.
I hate the way that parents today are frowned upon for smacking their kids. I have occasionally seen those Nanny programs, and it is a joke. SOme of those kids behave like animals, yet they receive no real punishment - sitting in the naughty corner for 15 mins, or having it nicely explained to them that 'hitting and spitting at your mum isnt the ideal way to behave'.
They need to be hit, and hit hard enough to know it was wrong and not to do it again. Its the only way they learn.
I detect a sprinkle of sarcasm there It just doesn't mention him. The fact the mother had to call the police to get the child to go to bed is mad.
Christ almighty, you are so missing the point. The son punched the mother. Hello? Is this fact somehow being blocked from your brain?
still you dont call the police for getting punched do you? you may call the police if they say stole a car. if punching someone was an offence against the law then every school would have to have its own police department
The boy was wrong we all know that. let him stay up and be really tired at school. When he comes back to find an over heated 360 or maybe a microwaved copy of halo3 he will learn.
The mother shouldnt waste police time with such a trivial matters.
This is why you beat you're kids. You will respect mah authoritaahh! Seriously though, the thought never once crossed my mind to even attempt to hit one of my parents when i was a kid.
americans - <sigh> i'd like to say it wouldnt happen it britain - but then we do have chavs and they're just as bad! if not worse...
Nah even a male chav wouldn't hit their mum, they might stab their dad though...
Police aren't much of a consequence, they can't and won't physically hurt you, plus they will probably give u less of a shouting than ur parents. A nice smack should do it or if your not the physical type just lock em in a dark cupboard for an hour or two, that would shaw stop me misbehaving...
lol...nick shows what kind of parent youd make. how can any parent stand calling up the police and having their child get arrested? while its wrong that the kid hit his mom but..actually i dont know what im arguing about. all i know is that youre a son of a bitch if youre willing to call the cops on your child unless the kid has truly done something to deservehaving all love abandoned. either way both of the people in this report are screwed up.
All i can say is ban Halo 3 and release Manhunt 2. Hoorah.
PS. For the love of god please get rid of that god dam annoying bladestorm advert. I hate opening up a couple of windows and then that crappy music comes on and its like a mad hunt for the bladestorm advert to turn it off. ARGH.
Now this is comical.. Just comical. But if someone is enjoying something, let em enjoy it.
Parent's always thinking they know better.. Geez. (Well sometimes they actually do know better, it's a rare case though)
Well whatever the case, the boy should not of hit his mom. And if he did hit her.. She should of leveled the playing field, by going and getting large blunt object and beating him with it. That would of taught him a lesson. Yes I am actually serious.(You ask why? well to make up for lost discipline of course. It's obvious someone hasn't been parenting)
The police handling the situation as other posters have mentioned will not solve the problem.
im 14, 15 in feb.. and i do agree, pain is the best teacher. my mom doest hit me now unless ive done sumthing really bad, but my dad pops me for stupid crap like coughing and not covering my mouth.... BUT my parents would nvr evr call 911 on me, not even i was dealin crack. cause they know all itl take is a toss out of the 100th story window to set me straight.
It's a broadband card that uses a cell phone company's network. Usually offered by... you guessed it. Cell phone companies! In the states I know Sprint offers the service.
Spare the rod and spoil the child - so true. My younger cousins in South Africa used to get belted at school until only a couple years ago and they certainly knew when to show some respect. Now if we could implement a similar service for these brats on XBL...maybe like a mobile caning squad or something.
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