Father Takes Away Kid's Xbox, Kid Calls the Cops

A father tried to punish his son by taking away his beloved Xbox 360, so the son reportedly tried to punish his father by calling the cops on him and reporting it as a theft.

The incident happened over the weekend in Christchurch, New Zealand. The unidentified father and his 17-year-old son got into an argument over the teenager's bad grades and the father decided to confiscate his Xbox 360 because he puts in around two or three hours of game time a day and "puts it before everything else."

[SandWitch]

Cool story

[haymoza]

, bro.

[piroh]

maybe his daddy turn off the xbox before save point

[MiamiACR21]

I'd call the head of National Security if that happened, Piroh.

[MAJ0R]

Either way way more people own an Xbox 360 so this kind of stuff is more likely to happen, or way more people who own an Xbox 360 are under the age of 13.

Not sure which one it is...

[PS4_day1]

thats the effect of raising the kids without stress, resposibilities, if I ever did something like that as a kid, I'd never see Xbox until I move out, kids like that need to be remainded what belt used to be for

[Gaming101]

lol the kid played 2-3 hours a day, people on here call that child's play, they play for 8-12 hours a day lol someone tell the kid's dad it could be wayyyyyy worse lmao

[pixelsword]

@ Maj0r:

" more people own an Xbox 360 so this kind of stuff is more likely to happen..."

The difference in numbers isn't to the degree that the number of incidents should be that vast, I think that since more Americans own the 360, and America is a very violent country, I think that's the underlying cause for the incidents.

[xursz]

I see what you did there. That's a troll post. You're an Xbox fan. :]

[sjaakiejj]

HammadTheOne

Xbox 360 is more popular among kids at the "trouble age", Wii is more popular among younger kids (8-12) and the Ps3 is more popular among the (somewhat) more mature range 18-24. This is probably why you only see these types of stories about Xbox.

http://gamer.blorge.com/200...

[badz149]

seems like he has priority issues - gaming over parents and gaming over education!

[SilentNegotiator]

The father should be executed at dawn.

[pixelsword]

Day one, 8:15am:
Kid calls cops on me.

Day one, 8:15:05am:
Kicks son out of house, tells him to get a job, confiscates everything he did not buy with his own money including gifts, charges for any doctor, dentist, and other bills accumulated throughout his stay and gets it from the things he did buy with his money along. Puts a bill into hand of son for any remaining debt.

Day one, 8:18am:
Changes locks.

Day one, 8:20AM:
Goes back to bed.

[ATi_Elite]

Reads title: Cracks up laughing

Skims through article and sees that the kid is 17 and has bad grades: Good job parent!

Reads the part that says "Dad proud kid called the cops": WTF! I would of broken that 360 into a million pieces!

The nerve of that spoiled brat to call the cops on his dad when his dad just wants him to get good grades.

[PoSTedUP]

bad grades and only 3 hours of gaming a day? hardly a gamer... i dropped out in the 9th grade and played sometimes all day long. but then again i didn't really have a normal guardianship. not to worry tho i got my GED in a juvenile correctional facility and that got me into college where i currently reside and am doing well.

[ImpliedDeception]

I'm totally with you, funny you mention destroying it, as that was the first place my mind went.

If it were my kid, his PS3 would go into the pneumatic press at work, and I'd make him watch...

Edited because my punctuation sucks.

[WeskerChildReborned]

Yea, who the heck calls the police just cause their daddy took their xbox? Man people can just be weird today.

[wages of sin]

@PoSTedUP,

Congratulations man, that is a good thing. Turning your life around and doing what you need to do. A step in the positive direction is just that, positive.

Once again, congrats.

[DragonKnight]

Who the hell disagreed with wages of sin? Are there really trolls that bored that they would disagree with a statement of positive reinforcement about a person who is making strides to improve their life?

Wow.

[PoSTedUP]

thank you wages i really appreciate that. you too dragon, words of encouragement give me a great feeling and is one of the the reasons im trying my best. it's been and still is a bumpy ride but im doing well now and trying to keep it that way. thanks again fellas bubble up, one luv and god bless.

[dredgewalker]

That is one of the most retarded things a son can do to his father. As a parent I think there's also something wrong with the way the child grew up in order to be able to do such a thing. My daughter loves to game but her grades never suffer because I always take the time to teach her.

[Jio]

8/10 would read again

[2v1]

another criminal

[KUV1977]

He probably had to call police since CSI and FBI hung ob in him.

[jc48573]

17 years old?

[WeskerChildReborned]

I know....

[M83_]

What?!? I'm just turned 18 and my life is a bit of a mess right now but seriously?

This runt needs a good understanding of the world and growing a pair of balls once he finally enters puberty would go a long way in helping him.

[Elderly_Cynic]

TEN YEARS LATER:

Son still lives with father, and still plays his old, beat-up 360, because working the fryer at the local buger joint doesn't earn him enough money to pay rent or buy a new console... all because he thought gaming was more important than education.

Father looks at his son and regrets not confiscating console when son was 13. Writes a hastily scribbled suicide note...

[MattyG]

Wow that's a bit... dark, dontcha think?

[HammadTheBeast]

It was kinda funny up until the last sentence. Then it turned dark fast.

[MattyG]

@HammadTheOne yeah I was laughing and then was deeply disturbed hahah

[NCAzrael]

This is why I love having a dry, morbid sense of humor. Everyone else slowly backs away from a joke like that, claiming "wow, that's dark." I completed the thought in my head with "...takes son's 360 into the bathroom, plugs it in, stands in recently filled bath tub, and drops it."

[Me-Time]

@NCAzrael

Yea, but
people need to learn to keep things to themselves. That kind of joking is really serious for some people. It'll remind people of it if they've had someone leave in that way.

[ClimateKaren]

@NCAzrael

I'm into dark humor, just not into dark failed-attempts at humor.

[ACBAA]

being educated doesnt mean you get a nice well paid job, where do you live?

on topic- "because he puts in around two or three hours of game time a day"

that's not even much to prevent you from studuying, what was the kid doing the rest of the day? i smell a horrible father

[PoSTedUP]

"being educated doesnt mean you get a nice well paid job, where do you live?"

it does 90% of the time in america, unless we're in a bad economy or you studied a field that isn't doing to well and isn't in demand.

[JackBNimble]

@ ACBAA
Being uneducated means you will NOT get a nice well paying job, unless you're a drug dealer or work in the oil patch.

[Hicken]

NOT being well educated will definitely prevent you from getting a good job, but these days having a degree doesn't mean you won't still be dropping fries into vats of grease. Hell, one of my friends from high school has a Master's, and is currently delivering pizzas. Not a useless degree, either, but teaching. Went to school for seven+ years to deliver pizzas.

Yeah, America's great.

On topic: he'd never play games again. He might just have to find somewhere else to live, if he were my son. My parents took my PS1/SNES/PS2 away when i wasn't doing well in school(though I DID sneak and plug it in when they weren't around); if I had done something like call the cops, they would have waited for the police to arrive, and then beat me in their presence.

[irepbtown]

11% of Greece's homeless population have a university degree.

But still, being Educated will give you more of a chance to get a well paid job. Will someone become a doctor without good education?

Just an example.

[JackBNimble]

Ya man, ya... in the f*cken tube he goes... haha , so now his uneducated son can fend for himself. How long will his son last now, uneducated with no skills?

It's only a matter of time before the kid off's himself aswell... just f*cken do it already.

[_Aarix_]

I doubt a xbox or ps3 will last 10 years.

[jacksonmichael]

What a horrible name for a town.

[PoSTedUP]

lmao

[gaden_malak]

Stupidity never ceases to amaze me.

[Unztayble]

lol! little idiot. Funny story though, at least it wasn't one of those "Son Shoots Father For Taking Away Video Games" story.

[silvacrest]

well, at least the kid didn't kill anyone, that's how these stories usually go

[karlowma]

The real reason 360 controllers are wireless...

[TekoIie]

Haha, you deserve a bubble XD.

[MidnytRain]

OMG, brilliant, bubbles.

[DarkZane]

"The truly surprising part is the father's reaction: He told the paper he was "a little bit proud" of the lengths his kid took to get his gaming console back. I'm sure he'll make a great lawyer someday."

A lawyer with those kind of grades? Keep dreaming.

[pixelsword]

I think he meant "liar"...

[GaryOak]

Me:Take that Dad,I called the cops on you!
Dad:......
Me:Uh...
*The next day...*

[KingGrimmjow6]

Wow really...

[310dodo]

i hope the dad pulled off his belt
made the kid (17) touch his toes and whooped his ass good!

calling the cops cause daddy took your xbox?
pussy

[Brownghost]

read the story, he was kinda proud

[HammadTheBeast]

Because telling reporters that he beat the little sh*ts ass doesn't float too well. $20 says that the belt came off...

[Me-Time]

FYI, beating your kids when they're really young can scar them, leaving them with emotional and social problems. Not saying the 17 yr old doesn't deserve to get smacked for being an idiot, but I'm talking about the child abuse that most people think is appropriate and even the only way to punish children.

Beating a defenseless elementary schooler is some barbaric ****. Parents/Fathers do it so their kids learn to respect them, but what does that teach? I really hope the "agrees" are only for people wanting to smack the 17 yr old dude and not for the "i hope the dad pulled off his belt" abuse. Again, I'm not saying the 17 yr old wouldn't deserve a kick in the nuts.

Oh, and I wasn't the one that disagreed with HammadTheOne. Not disagreeing with 310dodo completely either. I'm really only trying to inform. Remember when Americans used to think Blacks, Chinese, and Mexicans were inferior races in the past century? Well, wtf? Science (even though it's not needed) can prove that that's wrong. Psychology has grown to learn what I explained.

Loveline w/ Dr. Drew, people. I don't listen to it anymore, but I learned a lot from an MD and a recovering drug addict.

[310dodo]

god damn sissy.

I was spanked with the belt like 6 times my whole life.

every time I did get the belt I deserved it.

go listen to loveline on kroq and get more knowledge you druggy lol

[Majin-vegeta]

*FYI, beating your kids when they're really young can scar them, leaving them with emotional and social problems.*

BS from the time i learned to talk and walk my parent's would beat my ass when i did something wrong.Mind you i'm Mexican so all those Mexicans know how are parent's are.They will beat our asses with whatever they can get their hands on Broom,Belt,flip flops etc...>_<.

[Hicken]

Let's hope you don't have kids, Me-Time. Not giving a child physical discipline at a young age is why we have older kids controlling their parents. I'm just sad that the days of social punishment- when your neighbor would whoop your ass in your parents' stead- is gone. Children now think they can get away with whatever, whenever. And this "hitting them is wrong" mentality is the problem.

[QuodEratDemonstrandm]

Where is that dad who emptied his 45 into his daughter's laptop then made her pay for the bullets?

[Brownghost]

the retarded thing is he did the same thing she did, vent his anger online

[DragonKnight]

Which he did to teach her the lesson about how doing something like online is inappropriate and embarrassing.

[NCAzrael]

Actually I think that was more to publicly humiliate her and teach her that some things she should keep off the internet. If my daughter ever bitched to all of her friends in a public forum of some sort (Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, etc) about her mother or I disciplining her for something she did wrong, I'd make damn sure to respond in a very public way to let her and her friends know how much trouble she was in.

[Brownghost]

surprised at the fathers reaction

[iNFAMOUZ1]

dam fanboys got their puss*'s wet wit this one. hahaha

[BX81]

The rest of the title shouldv'e read. " Father beats sons ass in front of the cops".

[Bonerboy]

Little jack-ass also needs a few cuffs up-side the head.

[leogets]

the whackiest one i heard a few years ago was this 7 year old brutally killed hes mum and dad in their sleep thinking they would respawn.apparently he was addicted to halo. go figure lmao

[Tzuno]

never mess with the 360 you hear me...........

[MWH]

stupid kid and a pathetic father. perhaps next time his stupid statement will turn on him then we'll hear again how he truly think about it.

[violent80sarcade82]

Wow the nerve of the spoiled little brat!

[Zha1tan]

Alpha dad response.

[Dojan123]

17 yr old calling the cops..... wow this kid should not be allowed out in society.

[PooEgg]

When a 12 year old does something like this it is funny, because they might not know any better, but having a 17 year old do this is just sad.

[SavageKuma]

There is going to be an ass kicking in this kids future!

[nik666uk]

in other news, i had chicken for dinner and it was a tad on the dry side i thought!

[SephirothX21]

His grades were bad. Study first, play later or you'll end up sweeping the streets or doing some other unskilled job.

[Plagasx]

I swear, the Xbox brings out the stupidity in kids these days...

[CanadianTurtle]

That dad should've taken away his computer as well. I can't stand kids who get bad grades and still think it's okay for them to play games 24/7

[Shotcalm]

if anyone tried to take my xbox i would just play pc instead.

[Soldierone]

Lmao I'm sure this kid is nothing but a spoiled little brat, but I've had a similar situation.

My mom literally went psycho on my gf and I, literally assaulting me and what not. So I decided to leave, but called the cops for protection to get my stuff. Cops show up, tell me to get away, and that all MY stuff was hers. LMAO Reported the cop since I literally had nothing for 4 days, and then went and got all my receipts and credit card reports ready for a lawsuit, suddenly I was allowed to get MOST of my stuff back. Biotch tried to say my PS3 and everything was hers, even attempted to change the passwords etc.....

[SITH]

Better learn to put that console down, I had to break my addiction to gaming when I was In college majoring in aviation and history. It was hard as hell when Xbox came out and the Xbox live made it worse. There will be plenty time to play video games after you graduate, and get a career. More time than people think. All it takes is some discipline and goals. if you can't do that, then don't waste money and time going to college.

[capcock]

He won't get better grades just because his dad got rid of his xbox, if anything it will make him study less since he'll want to go against his dad's will. The only way to make him study more is to tell him the benefits and explain to him that if he want a future he better move his ass and study otherwise he'll end up as a street cleaner or @ McDonalds

[unchartedxplorer]

I think that kid should think less of his xbox and more about his grades. God I hate kids who think they can make a life outta gaming.....ignorant idiots.

[Emilio_Estevez]

*Cops leave, Dad slaps child* - at least that's what should have happened.