12yrs old Kid arrested for playing with Christmas present... WTF

[Vandoura]

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/05/christmaspresent.arrest.ap/index.html

COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) -- A fed-up mother had her 12-year-old son arrested for allegedly rummaging through his great-grandmother's things and playing with his Christmas present early.
The mother called police Sunday after learning her son had disobeyed orders and repeatedly taken a Game Boy from its hiding place at his great-grandmother's house next door and played it.
He was arrested on petty larceny charges, taken to the police station in handcuffs and held until his mother picked him up after church. (Watch when the mom plans to give up custody of the boy )
"My grandmother went out of her way to lay away a toy and paid on this thing for months," said the boy's mother, Brandi Ervin. "It was only to teach my son a lesson. He's been going through life doing things ... and getting away with it."
Police did not release the boy's name.
The mother said that her son was found in the last year to have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, but that his medicine does not seem to help.
She said he faces an expulsion hearing at his school Wednesday. Rock Hill Police Capt. Mark Bollinger said the boy took a swing at a police officer assigned to the school last month. He has been suspended from school since then.
The boy's case will be presented to Department of Juvenile Justice officials in York County, who will decide what happens to him, Bollinger said. His mother hopes he can attend a program that will finally scare him straight.
"It's not even about the Christmas present," she said. "I only want positive things out of it. ... There's no need for him to act this way. I'd rather call myself than someone else call for him doing something worse than this."

Ok, This kid got "deficit hyperactivity disorder" but come on.. Mother arrested her own son? wtf... if you don't want your son to open the christmas gift weeks before the christmas or keep playing the gameboy from her grandmother house when he not suppose to, then hide it at one of the family house or her will trusted neibor, i think is kinda stupid arrested her own son because he's a naughty kid..

 

[Claudhert]

Vandy Arresting your kid might be a tad excessive.. but think about it this way... It proably put the fear of god in that kid about breakin the rules

ive know a couple people that there kids get in trouble and their parents call the cops on them. Most of the time the parents just say "put the cuffs on them and sit em in the car" then come to the rescue and are like "Are you gonna behave from now on? , if not then you can stew in jail for a day"


Ussually it works to straigten the kid out

Remeber when raiseing a kid its best to be a parent 1st then be the kids friend

cops ussually find it humorus too

 

[Vandoura]

if it was my kid and not behaving, i'll just do a old fasion spanking

but i think have the police come do scare them a bit and maybe behave after...

 

[Claudhert]

having the kid arrest goes to far i think, Haveing the police come and scare the kid ... thats just funny

 

[Icewolf]

Vandy Arresting your kid might be a tad excessive.. but think about it this way... It proably put the fear of god in that kid about breakin the rules

ive know a couple people that there kids get in trouble and their parents call the cops on them. Most of the time the parents just say "put the cuffs on them and sit em in the car" then come to the rescue and are like "Are you gonna behave from now on? , if not then you can stew in jail for a day"


Ussually it works to straigten the kid out

Remeber when raiseing a kid its best to be a parent 1st then be the kids friend

cops ussually find it humorus too

Yes, Claudhert is absolutely right. I know from personal experience. No...not really, but i do kinda agree with claudhert and vand equally. You shouldnt really be using the cops as a "disipline" routine. But at the same time, if the kids not listening to anything else, you may have to resort to that. Either way it made me lol

 

[Gatttsu]

Geez, whatever happened to "I'll take this damn belt off, you're not gonna like it if I do" that usually kept me in line as a kid, and if I kept acting up, I got what was coming to me. That kid is just going to act up even more when he gets home and they'll keep going in circles.

On a semi-related note: I say it's BS to blame 100% of what these misbehaving kids do on some half-assed "disorder/syndrome", there are real disorders/syndromes and then there are what I like to call "pill sellers" which I believe to be excuses to drug kids up these days and put a few bucks in someone's pocket.

Both are only based on my opinion due to the lack of actual facts known about how the human brain works, when the human brain is mapped out in a way that any idiot can read and possibly understand, then I'll actually believe that misconduct can be blamed on a disorder/syndrome and potentially fixed with medication.

 

[Evilvivi]

I believe the mother should've dealt with the problem herself. At 12 the child is still her responsibility. A belt could quickly straighten up a childs behavior. The cops shouldnt have been involved in the situation, after all, they werent the ones who created the child. The cops should be reserved for more serious issues.

 

[Uzor]

I don't think calling the police were the right way to handle things. I'm sure the police have better things to do.

It's her son, she should be the one to teach him how to do things, not the police. It just puts the mom in a weak possition where he knows she can't handle things herself and have to threaten with calling the police. It doesn't teach him to respect his mom, it teaches him that the police is bad=/

 

[Claudhert]

I dont agree Uzor, I think it Teaches the kid that "This World has rules.. and if you dont follow those Rules then you'll have to deal with the people in autority, Wether it be your parent or the Police"

The mother does need to step up and be a bit more authoritative though

 

[Bajaratt]

I agree with Gatttsu, that just because he has ADHD(it's called Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, vandoura) doesn't excuse his behavior. Hell, ADHD wouldn't have anything to do with repeatedly disobeying his mom, it just means that his attention wavers constantly and he's often full of energy. He didn't understand that you're not supposed to break the rules, hopefully this will teach him not to disobey.

Calling the police is a bit excessive, but I think spanking the kid would have been fine; it worked for me.

 

[chrishj19]

Edit: Deleted...sorry that was too rash

 

[Ruffyreborn]

if it was my kid and not behaving, i'll just do a old fasion spanking

but i think have the police come do scare them a bit and maybe behave after...

you know I agree with you, but the bad part is HE could have had is mother in jail after that. If anyone is so much caught laying a finger on their own child, whether they deserve it or not, you can be charged with domestic violence. Lol, stupid really, when those belts on the ass helped more than any medication.

 

[cokenn]

I bet Elle thinks the kid should be killed.

stfu...

 

[Vandoura]

I agree with Gatttsu, that just because he has ADHD(it's called Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, vandoura) doesn't excuse his behavior. Hell, ADHD wouldn't have anything to do with repeatedly disobeying his mom, it just means that his attention wavers constantly and he's often full of energy. He didn't understand that you're not supposed to break the rules, hopefully this will teach him not to disobey.

Calling the police is a bit excessive, but I think spanking the kid would have been fine; it worked for me.

Hehe forgot the word Attention ^^
was at class, and doing my class work at the sametime so kinda rush a bit

so anyway ya, I will only call Police if this kid goes crazy like racking the place up and breaking things and start forming bubble in his mouths or something XD other then i scold, spanking, and grounded is my way to go

 

[RoM]

Firmly of the opinion A.D.D. is a professional diagnosis of bad parenting. Everything else you can infer on your own.

Teach him a lesson? Where's the dad to bust his ass?

Getting away with things for a while? Why? No control over your children?

Bah, Sounds like the nice church lady had a kid to go with her furniture and can't hang. Why bust a child's ass when you can put them in the national news and scar them psychologicly for life, amirite?

 

[Elemmire]

I think spanking the kid would have been fine; it worked for me.

but it had that side effect of you starting to like it D: don't lie! Xan knows it's true >.>

 

[Claudhert]

Firmly of the opinion A.D.D. is a professional diagnosis of bad parenting. Everything else you can infer on your own.

I will whole heartedly disagree with you on that statment. A.D.D. is a real dissorder caused by a hormonal imbalance within the brain which casues to be easily distractable along with tempermental imbalances as well(somtimes). I'll say this though ADD is over diagnosed to a degree that many people think its because of bad parenting.

I personaly Have A.D.D. and yes i was a rowdy kid. But not because of lack of discipline or bad parenting. My parents whooped tha fire out of me and i kept on with my bad behavior, temper tantrems , and even Rage fits. Again being discaplined.. Eventualy i realized that behavior was unexceptable and stoped doing it... casue i didnt wannt get my ass whooped. All the time during my "Rowdy phase" my parents showed me love and kindness and discipline.

My parents are what helped me control my ADD and move on in life.. I use to take medicine for it, then i learned how to control it on my own. Even though i dont take medice for it anymore i Still know i have it due to my personality and my lack of being able to focus on things that wether im intrested in them or not

 

[Tyrath]

What a whore of a mom.

The whole thing is kinda funny though.

 

[CmdrFly]

Sounds like another case of "well I suck at parenting, I'mma dump this on someone else. Maybe the kid will listen to them".

Child abuse ftw. Never fails to keep the kid in line, thinking straight, and scared shitless. Like kids should be.

 

[Westyle]

Lock up all children.