Boy Hires Hitman to Kill Parents After Losing His PlayStation Priviledges

You've to be kidding me with kids these days. Really? A hitman because of being punished? What a little psycho. I hope he is locked up for a long time and I hope his family gets the hell away from that creep. Some people are just born evil and bad. Might as well get away from them.

Its not just teens, it's also younger kids..I see them every where talking to their parent as if they were the adults..screaming at them for whatever, they didn't get a toy or crying, throwing hissy fits, etc.. My Nephew John did this to me when he was little about 5, he actually went to the ground and screamed inside a store...I walked away from him and shopped longer, when he finished he came to me and apologized, I spanked him.(when we got home)...he deserved it.

People today should have to go through rigorous testing and inspections in order to get a licence to have children, pets, or credit- whoops! they do for credit, don't they! guess the money's more important HUH?

This kid is in dire need of a serious ass kicking.

Well here's the thing, It's not that kids are playing too many violent video games... It's their lack of being able to process what's real and what's fake, the world has become so desensitized to death and murder that it's not uncommon anymore to hear about this kind of thing and we just don't care and don't do anything about it. Hitman has a M rating, which means that it can only be purchased by an adult or person over 18 which this kid obviously was not which means his parents had to buy it for him. 10 Minutes of stopping and thinking about something other than yourself is wise... it appears he was a troubled youth anyway with his stealing and skipping school... It may not be all the video games... Common sense just isn't that common anymore

The blame lies more so on the police for tempting the kid. I'm 16 as well, have played violent videos games since I was 4 or so [haven't we all?], and have never once went to school with a gun in hand or hired a hitman [which is a great game]. But, as it is a trying time in life and I'm not going to even assume what all he has going for him, there is a lot of factors that have probably been left out. It's like if someone starved you for two weeks, then put a steak out in front of you. Chances are you would eat it. Now when his parents take away his stuff, kick him out of the bloody house, and he gets a spur of the moment chance to get them back, it may have just been a sudden reaction without any real thought. Sadly though, everyone wants to blame the games instead of question their own parenting skills.

murder is not new, even of parents, neither are hitmen. video games didn't invent it.

I think the whole family is in need of a great deal of psycholocical help. Parents kicking a 16 year old out of the house after an arguement, a teenager who avoids getting arrested, tries to have his parents killed, and believes someone will kill for the price of a truck indicates that both the parents and the teenager have serius mental problems.

Why are we really surprised at this child's behavior? We should expect nothing else, after all we told the kid he was perfect as he was a reflection of the 'perfect' life of the parent who had perfect nails, the perfect tennis game, the perfect dinner party, etc. And, we made heroes out of Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold as we put our kids in front of the likes of "Rambo", etc. The kids were raised on violence in films and the news. And, all of you are right, we 'spared the rod' in hopes that they could be 'talked through' their inappropriate behavior. Well, I was a teacher in the '70's and would never have survived teaching in the '80's and beyond. Again, Why are we surprised at the result of this kind of upbringing where children were given no boundaries and limits. We are in for a rough ride with this younger generation.

Toni

Looks like Hillary's Village did a pretty poor job of raising this brat. But, hey - what do you expect when the State tells you that you can't blister the bottom of a spoiled rotten kid and force him to do what's right, whether he wants to or not? Instead, wait until they wind up in prison, where the State will force him to do what's right. What a screwed-up system the Libs have foisted on us all!

I HAVE FOUR BOYS. ALL OF THEM BUT 1, HAS A PS2 AND AN XBOX. WHICH THEY GET GROUNDED FROM WHEN THEY MISBEHAVE. THEY HAVE CHORES. THEY GET MONEY FOR DOING THERE CHORES. IT TEACHES THEM RESPONSIBILITY. THEY DON'T DO THEM, THEY DON'T GET PAID. AND, THEY WON'T HAVE MONEY FOR THE EXTRA THINGS THEY WANT, THAT I WON'T BUY THEM. THEY ARE NOT DISRESPECTFUL. WE DO STUFF AS A FAMILY. PARENTS TEACH THERE CHILDREN HOW TO ACT. THEY LEARN BY WATCHING US. BE INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING THEY DO, EVEN IF YOU DON'T CARE FOR IT. AT LEAST YOU ARE MAKING AN ATTEMPT TO BE INVOLVED. HELL, SIT AND PLAY THOSE VIDEO GAMES WITH THEM. YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED.

Bill Mc - VERY FUNNY! - "Very curious. Did the indercover guy hang a sign around his neck saying "hitman ?"

I am thrilled that so many people recognize that that we have been tricked into believing that spanking your kids is equal to abuse.
Spanking is discipline. Abuse has nothing to do with discipline. It has to do with power and control issues. I am not going to beat my kids until they are bloody and bruised! But I will swat a backside. And yes it should be a last resort because it becomes ineffective if used to liberally.
What is amazing to me is you aren't supposed to spank your children but the police can beat them with a night stick, tazer them or put them in a choke hold?
If you DO NOT spank their butts early on the authorities will!

We are hearing more and more of these stories. This will NOT be a popular comment..but..it seems to me that no one is "minding the store" so to speak. In other words there is seldom a mother at home any more. Money and lifestyle has become God in America and no one is raising the children or making a real home. Baby sitters, fast food and cleaning ladies are the apparent way to go. So...we will hear more stories like this..and more. And then of course there is the new game "Manhunt"...geez!!!

I'm more and more convinced that kids growing up now are so attuned to violent behavior because this type of story has been played out any number of times in the media and entertainment venues. The kids see it; digest it; possibly some of them think "its life."

That is one of the funniest things ive ever heard. Talk about a dysfunctional family.

Sorry folks but this kid I would spank all the way to Child Protection and hand him over for a good two weeks vacation maybe a few months vacation. What a brat, destroy the damn playstation let him see how it is to have not.

This young person is entitled, to everything. Hopefully the boy doesn't get sent to juvenile jail like most youth trouble makers; he will get to play playstation and watch TV and learn that intimidation will help him strive in the jail system and then he will go to adult jail and learn nothing but how to become a victiim because he has been misled in the juvy system.

Corporal punishment is not warranted in ANY
circumstances with children.

People need to get it threw there heads that it's not video games that make kids violent! this kid had problems and bad parents!!! and why the hell did they put up a picture from the hitman game?