http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Dec 6th 2006 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/05/christmaspresent.arrest.ap/index.html

The present was a gameboy.

It was in the kid's Great-Grandmother's house.
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Do you even read the post before you make a comment? Or, maybe this is your post on Craig's List: http://nashville.craigslist.org/laf/225803498.html

And yes, Engadget does do their research before they write: they got "Playstation Game Boy" directly from the police report.

I think the item is a PSP, that would fit the 'description' better, IMHO. But everywhere else says its a Game Boy Advance. Frankly, though, none of this makes any sense.

Merry Christmas to you too, Mom!
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Take your kid over your knee and spank his ass if he is THAT god awful a child.

Take the PSP, Gameboy, whatever it is and all his other gifts for that matter... and make his ass drop them off at a children's shelter.


Show him REAL-WORLD consequences.]]>Dec 6th 2006 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6213012.stm) it explains that he has ADHD, and the article does not give any indication that he is being medicated for this, which if true, is unfortunate for him. Also, the BBC article quotes her as saying "He's been going through life doing things... and getting away with it", which makes me wonder what the hell her parenting has been like. If you get away with something, you aren't punished. So the blame for lax parenting should really be with her. She shouldn't take a back seat and then ask someone else to get involved (police).

This, obviously, is based on the article being factually true. And considering that the machine is apparently described as a PlayStation GameBoy, it seems less hopeful.]]>Dec 6th 2006 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/
Oh and ADHD is total crap. What young boy doesn't have it?]]>Dec 6th 2006 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Dec 6th 2006 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Dec 6th 2006 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Dec 6th 2006 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Dec 6th 2006 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Dec 6th 2006 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/
#2 ADHD is a copout for fucked up families

#3 GBA? They still sell those?]]>Dec 6th 2006 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/
Also, ADD is vastly over-diagnosed. Its not fair to ask young boys to sit still for eight hours a day, then label them with a disease when they fail to do so. Frankly, I'd be more worried about the kids that sit quietly for the entire day than the ones who don't...]]>Dec 6th 2006 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/
Send grandma to prison.
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Now, I can remember snooping for my christmas presents, I can remember finding my original GameBoy (way way long ago) and getting very happy. But I didn't rip up the box and start playing with it. If I did i'd imagine i'd be out of a christmas gift, among other punishments/chores that would be assigned to me.]]>Dec 6th 2006 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/
If you need proof, go give a real ADHD kid some uppers and see what happens. I bet you instead of tweaking, he calms down. ]]>Dec 6th 2006 12:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Dec 6th 2006 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Dec 6th 2006 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/
Nick]]>Dec 6th 2006 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Dec 6th 2006 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Dec 6th 2006 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/But this is not the city's job; it's the mothers job; I agree on that.]]>Dec 6th 2006 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Dec 6th 2006 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Dec 6th 2006 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Dec 6th 2006 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Whatever happened to the "go fetch me a switch boa'" "I'll learn you yet!"

jokes aside
he kid needs family, friend help to set him straight; or he may turn out worse when he gets older. From the sound of it, he only has the mother taking care of him as a parent, and the father role is missing.
And based upon the grandmothers age (great grandmother to kid), this mom is young, maybe 19-25 or so; perhaps this child was not planned right (or early), and the mom is calling out for help.]]>Dec 6th 2006 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/
19 with a 12 year old son? you sure about that? you really want to stick with that guess? seriously?

personally i don't see many 7 year olds getting knocked up. ]]>Dec 7th 2006 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/
19 with a 12 year old son? you sure about that? you really want to stick with that guess? seriously?

personally i don't see many 7 year olds getting knocked up. ]]>Dec 7th 2006 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Dec 6th 2006 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Dec 6th 2006 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/
It wasn't the opening of a present, it was the fact that the kid is spoiled and gets into trouble all the time, and seems to get away with it pretty often.

Read the CNN article above!]]>Dec 6th 2006 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Dec 6th 2006 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/
While it's certain the kid's guardian(s) have no small fault in the development of the child (right down to genetics, since almost all behavior we exhibit can be traced there), at some point you have to decide enough is enough and try something radical to get the kid to listen and respect authority that he clearly is otherwise oblivious to. Child therapists would probably agree with the mother's action given the glimmer of background information on the kid that can be read into this story. At some point with very difficult kids, you need a grand gesture to show them that actions have consequences.]]>Dec 6th 2006 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Dec 6th 2006 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/
Denny Crane!]]>Dec 6th 2006 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Dec 6th 2006 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Dec 6th 2006 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Dec 6th 2006 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Dec 6th 2006 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Dec 6th 2006 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/Dec 6th 2006 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/It's real, although I would say I only saw a HANDFULL of REAL cases out of hundreds of kids and never saw an ADHD kid from a "normal" home. From reading the report it does sound sad and the boy obviously has problems, probably number 1 would be the lack of a strong + male role model. But obviously the parents, grand parents are trailer trash. Pick another reason to get the cops involved if you really need to, wait till he breaks a window or something. This was just LAME and the cops should be embarrassed for even taking the report. *shakes head*]]>Dec 6th 2006 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/http://www.engadget.com/2006/12/06/mom-of-the-year-calls-cops-on-son-who-opened-playstation-gamebo/
"The boy says he no longer believes in Santa, but he does believe his mother's a crazy bitch".]]>Dec 7th 2006 11:45AM