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dems_rightnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 10:29 AM
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How to hurt your kids!!!! What crappy parents
I understand, you can't afford the Xbox 360. But this is just friggin cruel.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2069184.ece
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 10:36 AM
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1. Did you read the rest of the story? He was sneaking peeks, so
Edited on Thu Dec-25-08 11:33 AM by babylonsister
his family played a joke on him. I wondered where they got the box; they got it because he got his gift.

Not so unlike me getting Skipper clothes for a doll when I was young and I didn't have the doll, and I was pissed. Santa brought her the next morning. :) And no, my parents weren't 'crappy'.
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dems_rightnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 10:39 AM
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3. Yes, I saw that.
Whether it's true or not, that remains an unnecessary cruel prank. It was hurtful.
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 10:37 AM
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2. The story says he DID get the Xbox too...
...but yes, it's still a cruel prank.
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Jackpine Radical Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 10:39 AM
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4. I didn't play the clip.
This is terrible, it's cruel. The article says that they did this to the kid to punish him for peeking at his gifts, and they gave him the gift later. It's still awful, ad to put it on YouTube makes it all that much worse. What a terrible little hell that family must live in--all of them--for it to seem OK to do this to a kid.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 10:48 AM
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5. They gave him the gift a WEEK later. If it were a few minutes later, I'd be cool with it. n/t
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 02:10 PM
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18. me too. A week is too long
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SocratesInSpirit Donating Member (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 10:55 AM
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6. That is absolutely horrid!
Bad enough they should pull such a mean prank on a young child - but to film it and post it on the Internet for the world to see? And I can't believe some of the nasty comments after the article. There's a lot of cruel people in the world. My heart breaks for the poor kid. :-(
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dysfunctional press Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 10:56 AM
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7. now THAT was FUNNY!
i don't see what the big deal was- the kid was sneaking around to find his presents, and had a trick played on him...and he DID get the x-box.
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OmmmSweetOmmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 11:09 AM
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8. This had to be at least a year ago. It said that he wound up getting the XBox a week later. I can
Edited on Thu Dec-25-08 11:09 AM by OmmmSweetOmmm
almost understand his parents pranking him because he did peek...but the article claims that they did already have it (makes sense as they did have the box) and waited a week to give it to him? At his age, all they had to do was wait 5 minutes after his disappointment.
That was cruel.
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northernlights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 11:26 AM
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9. a week was too long to wait, 5 or 10 minutes
would have been more appropriate. But it's hardly the cruelest parenting I've seen.
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Dyedinthewoolliberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 11:26 AM
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10. That reminds me
of a Christmas where the wife and I discovered someone had opened a present, used it (a video) and put it back, almost perfectly wrapped.
When we confronted the perp :) she admitted it and admitted leading her younger brother down the path of wickedness and sin with her (I'm joking, I'm joking).
Anyhow, we told them they had to pick out one gift and donate it to the local toys for tots campaign.
She later thanked us for this little lesson in parenting. We felt her inability to wait until Christmas Day needed a little tempering.
Merry Christmas :party:
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JohnnyRingo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 12:41 PM
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11. I'd send that kid one of those fake scratch off lottery tickets
He can give it to his dad for his birthday.

I wish I could be there when the Old Man scratched off $25,000:
"Hahahaha" "Just kidding Dad, you're still poor and you're still an ass".
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 12:51 PM
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12. Good lesson. An 'expectation' is just another word for a premeditated resentment.
Regarding gifts as entitlements is inconsistent with living a life of gratitude.
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fortyfeetunder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 01:42 PM
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14. I'll second that
Showed this to my kid as a lesson. I know he was sneaking into our bedroom closet as I had already wrapped presents and stored them there prior to Christmas. The kid mentioned finding some other things in the closet.
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ogneopasno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 02:09 PM
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16. True, but I can see these parents setting him up for this all season. "I bet Santa's going to bring
you an Xbox this year!" in order to get the tears for the video, and then giving him the Xbox anyway. I'm guessing there's all sorts of crap going on in this family on all sides.
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 02:43 PM
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19. Sometimes the best 'learning experience' is merely SURVIVING our upbringing.
Edited on Thu Dec-25-08 02:43 PM by TahitiNut
:evilgrin:
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 12:57 PM
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13. Just to point out that this is 'The Sun', perhaps the UK's most unreliable rag
I wouldn't rely on anything they say. And since it's only Christmas today, how would all this have happened by now (e.g getting the present a week later)?
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My Good Babushka Donating Member (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 02:06 PM
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15. Come on!
It's hardly "abuse" when a child doesn't get what he wants for Christmas!
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dems_rightnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 02:55 PM
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20. I'll bet that's why.....
... you're the first person that's mentioned "abuse".

And lest you truly are that clueless- it has NOTHING to do with a child not getting what they want for Christmas.
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My Good Babushka Donating Member (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 04:48 PM
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22. Oh, you're sooooo right
Cruel, awful, terrible little hell of a family. That's all it was.
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 02:10 PM
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17. Lately, everyone I know is 'faking out' their kid with gifts. But the fake out lasts 5 minutes
not a week!

Everyone's doing the empty box, or the "I couldn't afford the xbox" but the fake out lasts a few minutes. A week seems cruel.
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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-25-08 02:59 PM
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21. I thought the cruel part
was the laughter.
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