Child Arrested After Opening Holiday Gift Early

[Rob Anybody 0]

http://www.wral.com/holidays/10467838/detail.html

 

What is the penalty for opening your Christmas presents too early?

 

For one South Carolina 12-year-old, the penalty was arrest.

 

A Rock Hill, S.C., woman called police and asked them to arrest her son who opened a Christmas present early after being told not to, the Rock Hill Herald reported. Police went to the house and arrested the boy and charged him with petty larceny.

 

The paper reported that the boy's great-grandmother had specifically told him not to open his present, which contained a Nintendo Game Boy Advance. It was wrapped and lying under the Christmas tree, the police report stated.

 

But on Sunday morning, the gift was unwrapped and the box was empty. So when the boy's mother found out, she alerted police, the paper reported.

 

"He took it without permission. He wanted it. He just took it," the 63-year-old great-grandmother told the Herald.

 

The women said that the boy lied to them at first, saying he was unaware of where the video game system was. After threat of calling the police, the boy apparently gave the toy back to his mother, the paper reported. But the upset mother called police anyway.

 

Two officers responded and charged the child as a juvenile with petty larceny, although he was not jailed.

 

The mother told the Herald that she didn't know what else to do with her son, so she called police. The paper reported she is a single mother and has been struggling with constant behavior problems from the boy. She said her son still showed no remorse when the police came.

 

"I'm trying to get him some kind of help," the 27-year-old mother told the paper. "He's the type of kid who doesn't believe anything until it happens."

 

She said he has shoplifted, stolen money from her, punched a police officer and is nearing expulsion from school. She told the paper that she hopes this arrest will be a wake-up call for her son, because she worries about getting a call someday telling her he's been killed.

 

The mother plans to have her son placed with the state Department of Juvenile Justice in Columbia at his court appearance, the Herald reported.

[Guest "Go, Mordecai!"]

63-year-old great-grandmother!?

[Craig Th 0]

That's South Carolina for ya.

[Vyce 0]

A little extreme, but the kid does seem like he's a problem.

 

The correct response, in a situation like this, is to make the kid give you the toy back, and then smash the fucking thing to pieces right before his eyes. There you go, you little shit. Hope you enjoyed it while you could.

[Hawk 34 0]

It's December 6th. Who puts out presents that early? It's like putting the turkey out to set during Halloween and telling dad not to eat the turkey.

[Craig Th 0]

I have presents under my tree now.

[2GOLD 0]

We do as well. This is what has happened to kids without spanking of the ass. Time out doesn't work in most cases, it's a waste of energy and now we are seeing parents forced to call the cops. Great, just what the cops need, to be arresting kids for opening presents early.

 

Damn hippies, see what you've done? Treating kids like little adults has made them believe the world should be handed to them on a silver platter. And what the world won't give, they just gonna take away. When these little brats grow up, we're all screwed.

[dubq 0]

63-year-old great-grandmother!?

 

There seems to be a pattern...

27 year old mother - 12 year old son = 15 year old pregnancy. Oh, [insert-racial-background-here] trash, will you ever learn?

 

Also.. GBA? Seriously, Lady. It's DS or nothing!

[Guest "Go, Mordecai!"]

The correct response, in a situation like this, is to make the kid give you the toy back, and then smash the fucking thing to pieces right before his eyes. There you go, you little shit. Hope you enjoyed it while you could.

Pardon me, Vyce, but you're sort of an idiot.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

The correct response, in a situation like this, is to make the kid give you the toy back, and then smash the fucking thing to pieces right before his eyes. There you go, you little shit. Hope you enjoyed it while you could.

Pardon me, Vyce, but you're sort of an idiot.

 

I'm not a parent, but I probably would've made the kid donate it to charity or something.

 

From what I heard on the radio, the kid is a big problem. They mentioned that he's close to being expelled from school, etc. So yeah, if that is all true, I don't know why the hell they thought he needed a Game Boy, of all things...

[Guest "Go, Mordecai!"]

I found a Christmas present early once: a Dr. Seuss Teaches You French book or something. I was five. My mom was upset with me for finding it when I presented it to her and asked if I could read it, but it was just a matter of gift-hiding complacency on her part.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

Your mom was a crappy gift-hider if a five year old could stumble upon it.

[theintensifier 0]

That's ridiculous to say the least. I understand what he did was technically a crime, but seriously, was that nescessary? I know when I was that age, and I did something like that, my old man, or my mother would have just beaten my ass, not get me arrested. The kid does sound like a trouble maker, but every young boy needs an attitude adjustment now and then. What's really shocking is that she was only 15 when she had him. Well, nevermind that, that isn't so shocking anymore.

 

What is wrong with our country?

Edited December 7, 2006 by theintensifier

[2GOLD 0]

That's ridiculous to say the least. I understand what he did was technically a crime, but seriously, was that nescessary? I know when I was that age, and I did something like that, my old man, or my mother would have just beaten my ass, not get me arrested.

 

What is wrong with our country?

 

We let the "experts" tell us that whooping a kid's backside is wrong and that we should treat them like adults and allow them to express themselves. Now we can't go back on it.

[theintensifier 0]

I bet these said "experts" don't have children, or children that act up, because they can afford all of the expensive drugs to sedate and null their children.

[2GOLD 0]

You kidding? Most of the experts are the ones who invented the pills the kids take nowadays. Best snake oil salesmen in the world are child experts. Anyone can scare a future parent into submission, it's really easy. Course anyone who believes an 8 year old is just a "little adult" must have a obvious mental issue anyway.

 

So basically, if you touch a kid under the age of 17 (in some states anyway) in any way to do him harm, you can be arrested for child abuse. Nice huh?

[theintensifier 0]

Yeah, nice. Things definitely weren't that way when I was younger.

[Guest "Go, Mordecai!"]

Am I the only person here who had a fairly normal childhood? I'm like the only one who doesn't advocate beating the shit out of one's kids. "Lemme tell ya in MY day, why, I'd get the crap beaten out of me for watching too much TV! We're gettin' soft, dammit! Kids exist to be punched!"

Edited December 7, 2006 by "Go, Mordecai!"

[Dobbs 3K 0]

Am I the only person here who had a fairly normal childhood? I'm like the only one who doesn't advocate beating the shit out of one's kids. "Lemme tell ya in MY day, why, I'd get the crap beaten out of me for watching too much TV! We're gettin' soft, dammit! Kids exist to be punched!"

 

Quiet, you liberal hippy.

 

Seriously, though, those people calling the police to have their kid arrested was probably the first halfway decent decision they made after a LONG series of bad ones. That's the real problem.

 

No, I don't think people should beat the hell out of their kids, but spanking shouldn't be out of the question either.

[theintensifier 0]

I wasn't saying "beat the shit out of them". However, calling the Police on your own children is just horrific. If you cannot control your child, and need the Police's help, you have failed as a parent.

 

I just know when I was a young boy, and I acted up, I got what was coming to me. It wasn't a broken nose, or black eye, but I was disciplined and I learned my lesson.

[Guest "Go, Mordecai!"]

I didn't really fuck up very much, so there was generally mutual respect between my parents and myself. Why hit your kids? They'll hit back.

[theintensifier 0]

That's the problem with our youth these days. They have no respect for their parents, nor fear for them. Most kids know that their parents cannot harm them in any way, or they go away. That's ridiculous.

 

Our country is in some serious need of re-modeling.

Edited December 7, 2006 by theintensifier

[Guest "Go, Mordecai!"]

That's the problem with our youth these days. They have no respect for their parents, nor fear for them.

I respect my parents, but I don't fear my parents. Explain to me how I'm indicative of society's downfall, please?

[theintensifier 0]

Heh.

 

Your not the reason for our youth's continual downfall, because you respect your parents, and as you've said, you were well behaved.

 

The point I was making was:

 

Kids not respecting parents = not fearing them = feeling they can do whatever they want = they do whatever they want

[Ravenbomb 0]

Why hit your kids? They'll hit back.

 

That's why God made parents able to hit harder than kids. If your kid can beat you up, you have failed as a parent.

[Guest CWMwasmurdered]

Why do I get the feeling that the people advocating hitting children aren't parents? As a parent I can tell you that hitting is completely unnecessary as long as you actually enforce the punishments you do use.

[The Niggardly King 0]

This was on Jimmy Kimmel....

[The Niggardly King 0]

Am I the only person here who had a fairly normal childhood? I'm like the only one who doesn't advocate beating the shit out of one's kids. "Lemme tell ya in MY day, why, I'd get the crap beaten out of me for watching too much TV! We're gettin' soft, dammit! Kids exist to be punched!"

I didn't really fuck up very much, so there was generally mutual respect between my parents and myself. Why hit your kids? They'll hit back.

That's the problem with our youth these days. They have no respect for their parents, nor fear for them.

I respect my parents, but I don't fear my parents. Explain to me how I'm indicative of society's downfall, please?

Why do I get the feeling that the people advocating hitting children aren't parents? As a parent I can tell you that hitting is completely unnecessary as long as you actually enforce the punishments you do use.

 

Pretty much agree with all of these. The problem I notice with my step nephew is that his mother never follows through with her punishment... he still gets everything he wants. He's a big 11 year old, who's cocky, and cries about attention until he gets his way. He'll get a 1 month punishment reduced to 2 or 3 days.

 

The fact is that nobody wants to be the "hard ass" parent anymore. I'm not talking about beating your kid, I'm talking about establishing right off the bat at a young age that you're going to discipline them whenever they fuck up. Most people think it's too harsh, or just out of sheer laziness, they'll let their kids do want they want. They try to be the parent and the friend at the same time, and most kids will catch on to this. If I still got what I wanted after a severe fuck up... what would be the point of improving?

[the max 0]

Personally, I don't see a problem with hitting your kids.

 

My mom didn't exactly beat me, but if I fucked up enough, I knew that a smack to the back of the head was coming. She never whipped me with a belt or anything. I never feared her, I feared the consequence and as a result, I respect her for it. Hitting wasn't the only punishment, just the last straw sort of thing.

 

I think taking kid's stuff away only goes so far. I was an only child, and as a result, I can find entertainment in just about anything. I had all of my toys and books taken away plenty of times. I knew I'd get them back, but I learned the lesson. Parents now expect the kid to learn a lesson just with a talking to. Any non-retarded kid can answer a simple "Have you learned your lesson?" with a "Yes" to get their stuff back. It's actually forcing the lesson into their soft little heads that's the problem. Too many kids are coddled.

[dubq 0]

Agreed KOAB. Hitting kids is unnecessary. You can still discipline your child without striking them, and how people can think that this is the ONLY way really amazes me.