When you are exasperated enough then this is what you do. If you ‘donate’ it then it’s possible to get it back, this way you can’t use it again.

I’m in the “could have donated it to a hospital kids ward” camp. Maybe his kid turned into a douche because his dad is one?

That’s a reaction! I wonder what happen afterwards.

While I think it’s ok for parents to set boundaries and live them out, I don’t think it’s a great example to destroy each other properties (in this case your child’s gaming console) with a saw. This act it it’s own shows great anger and disrespect.

Sounds as bad as his son! However kudos to him for stopping the gamer culture in his household.

I would have sold or donated it rather than destroying it but if you’ve tried everything else it has to go.

I don’t even want to watch the video footage. What lesson does this teach?

You can understand why because they are so addictive but l think his reaction was a bit much!

I think many people have felt like that – but there are better solutions.

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 11 Dec 2018 , 7:26 am

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  Acts of anger and destruction do not teach! They just destroy relationships and trust.

In my idea he could have handled the all thing better. Didn’t he put any rule on how much time his son spent on the Playstation? That would have been much more effecting that destroying the Playstation. And I think this didn’t help their relationship either. 🙁

I think its a bit of an over the top reaction. Maybe they should have been monitoring and restricting the child’s use if it was that much of an issue. Also I feel it should have been given away to a family who maybe couldn’t afford one or a charity shop, not just destroyed. But then again, that wouldn’t have got the 5 seconds of fame this dad obviously wants!