Teen Calls 911 After Parents Take Away Xbox

I'm a 44 yoa male, my father 1st generation sicilian who went into the coal mines when he was 15 yoa would have taken a 20lbs sledge hammer to the xbox. But back then there was no xbox, I remember being excited for some matchbox cars. another interesting thing when my sisters slammed their bedroom door he took the door off for a week, this stopped that. I would have never called the police on my dad, strict as he was with dicipline and respecting elders he was a great father who provided (feed,cloth, shelter) and never once laid a hand on me, we never saw fighting in the house. H e was able to put 4 through college and left a good chunk of $ for us when he passed because of his ways.

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Good lord... I'm fifteen and have more common sense and intelligence than this. Let me tell ya, I'm appalled by most of my peers. Majority of the people that I know are like this, sadly, and they criticize and mock me for not being like them. If they want to be spoiled, obnoxious, moronic brats, then that's there decision. Hope they like struggling when real life hits them.

Now, I can see people blaming video games for this (Jack Thompson would have a field day), but that's not the case. I myself have numerous game consoles and games (including a 360), but my parents have taught me how to behave and have raised me well. I work first, play laer. And if I got punished, I probably deserved it. And I won't call 911, I won't whine, I'll just tough it out like I should.

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Not all teens are like that today.

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Id be really mad if my mom took my xbox but not tot the point of calling the police

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You are right about these kids grouing up and getting jobs. I had one show up for his first day of work on a construction site complaining that I did not have a frig for him to put his lunch in. After a week I fired him cause he did nothing all day. He protested saying I could not fire him cause he didn't make any mistakes or do anything wrong. I told him he would have to do something to make a mistake. I told him to file a complaint with the labor board and asked if I needed to remove him by force or if he was walking out. I never saw him again.

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Time for some 'old school'... The cop takes the Xbox and stuffs it somewhere on the lad where the sun don't shine.

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if i was the cops i would have taken the kid to jail for makeing a falls 911call. that is not right. he need to know that his mom and dad has the right to take away what every they want. if that was me my dad would have kick my ass for calling them. and then he would have taking the x-box and gave it away.

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AkiMoonBlade, Good Lord! I just am sitting here, having a hard time believing that you are actually a 15 year old! How many 15yo's actually say the term "Good Lord?" I'll tell you how many! Probably 0! The other thing that gave it away was how articulate and meticulous you were writing the post, as a 15yo! I have raised 3 boys and although they are all adults now, I remember quite well when they were all 15yo... Not one of them talked or wrote like that. Yeah, you can say you were brought up well, by an English professor father, and a teacher for a mom, but I'm still not buying that you're only 15! And, if I'm correct, which most of the time, my gut instincts are right on, shame on you for being such an idiot!

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He probably has been punished before. Sat, I told daughter I wanted her cell phone. Spending too much time texting. This 16 yr. old girl bit me.. Then she cussed me out talking like an old sailor. If it weren't for my having on a heavy robe she would have taken out a chunk of meat plus.. I'd removed things from her before and grounded her, never reacted like this before.. I won't have to wiory about reaching foir her phone again and getting bit, cell phone is gone. Kids are addicted to their electronics. She's also going into counseling. Schools are part of the problem. I have a password to check on her grades and a teacher required the students to have it.. Kids feel they are entitled to everything..

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I am in law enforcement ... in most jurisdictions nonsensical calls to 911 are a crime. What the boy did falls under that category. Here He would have wound up in the Juvenile assesment center and possibly onto JDC.

The LEO's that delt with him and the situation are obviously laid back cops. They let him slide where I wouldn't have. If you saw the stack of 911 calls that LEO's must answer (stacked up like cord wood) never knowing which is serious or not ,,, prank calls would end.

Its not funny boys and girls ... someone you love could be in trouble with help being delayed because the boy lost his x-box.

Police agencies do have 24/7 non emergencies numbers and the folks there will handle your nonsense! Happily! Please don't over burden the street officers!!

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My 2yr old nephew has played with my sis' cell and called 9-1-1. I thought it was funny. Sounds like this teen is something of a brat. Someone his age should know that getting your game taken from you is not an excuse to call 9-1-1. I have called the number by mistake. NC has a 910 and 919 area code and unfortunately for me, one of my friends lives in one of those areas and I accidentally hit the 1 twice. I think that there shouldn't be any area codes that start with 9-1. I had a cop pull up in my yard and it was so embarrassing.

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I can't believe the parents would do this. The Children are the future of this planet. Our President would probably say the same thing. If they want their future to be playing video games then that's as it ought to be.

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thank goodness it wasn't the waterbury,ct police dept they would've arrested those parents and bought the kid another xbox.........smh

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When I was a kid whenever my brothers or I would transgress, my parents would lock us in the bedroom and bombard us with Sammy Davis Jr. records real loud for about four hours....we would beg and scream for them to stop, and straighten up for a long time....anytime one of us even acted like we were going to misbehave my mother would scowl and hold up that album where he thinks he's doing rock and roll....we'd get right in line, quick....

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@William. Perhaps you are unfamiliar with the horrible feeling of being investigated just for being a responsible parent. The feeling of being constantly watched or being seen as a bad parent in any way does not end when the investigation ends. My neighbors were irritated that there were children at my son's 1st birthday party (on a Saturday afternoon) and called child services, claiming I was smoking pot around my kids. Not only did I have to have a drug test and and alcohol test, which I passed, they had the audacity to ask my 14 year old daughter, who is wheelchair-bound, if I was the reason she was unable to walk. They make your life as humiliating and painful as possible, then don't even call to apologize, just send out a form letter saying "charges unsubstantiated". I won't even have a glass of wine with my dinner because I'm so terrified they'll descend again. I did nothing wrong, but I still felt persecuted. Child services operates under the mantra "Guilty Until Proven Innocent."

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What a generation of overindulged SOB's!!My G-d parents loof at what all the excess has caused 3 generations of entitled,unfeeling ,self centered brats.

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that is just pathetic. That boy needs a wake up call.

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i would've told the kid after he called the cops, that the X-Box was now going on ebay, and however much it sold for, would be donated to charity for those less fortunate. And that would happen with a good amount of his stuff if it continues.

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