Teen Slaps Mom With Taco Over Xbox Squabble

in other news, epic fail in parenting on the rise in america

Of course... OF COURSE... OF F'N COURSE it's gotta be in Orlando.

With the extreme retardation that goes on around here, is it any wonder we're the state that unleashed Jack Thompson on the world?

I'm also going to go out on a limb and assume that "dinner" in this sense meant opening the bag from Taco Bell.
"Ohhh lawdy son... that was a VOLCANO TACO!! MY EYES! THEYS BURNING!!"

I would say put him on the street but then i would have to deal with him. Better idea DRAFT him and see how he slaps somebody else in the middle of no where

Seems like we have a big pool of cannon fodder building up in this country

I wish someone would hit me with a taco right about now...i'm hungry.

And, where is this brat's father, in all this ?? My old man would have knocked me into next week. These spoiled brats have no idea what they've missed, until it's too late.

your kidding right!!!!! like this is shocker whats wrong no real news!

That what he deserves. Lazy bum, I would kick him out the house and tell him to grow up you're over 18, I have no legal obligation to care for you.

people suck at parenting now days. and it's crazy cause i say that and i'm 21. my mom and dad would have whooped my ass if i tried something like that....hell, something like that would never have crossed my mind. it just baffles me how spoiled people are these days. almost makes me not want to have kids, it's too big of a friggin' risk.

My mom would have picked up the closest belt/broom/mop/stick/lamp, etc., etc. and knocked the H out of me for even thinking of slapping her. That's what's wrong with kids today...no respect for parents, teachers, or anyone else with authority. And who's to blame? Parents, teachers and people of authority. We need to forget this time out b.s. and spank their butts like our parents used to do to us. Worked on us, it'll work on them.

OLD NEWS. I heard this on YouTube a couple of months ago (I even got the audio and recorded it to CD for my own enjoyment).

And if that kid were mine, he'd be grounded from the XBox until he can learn some manners.

Well if she would have spanked that kid when he was younger then maybe she would not have this problem now. I would bet he came from the thought that if he got spanked it may hurt his feelings and break his spirit. Well I bet now she wished she had broken a little bit of that spirit you gotta start young you cannot wait until they are older and expect them to suddenly act like they should it just does not work that way.

He's 19 and NOW she wants to do something about it? Unbelievable, this kind of behavior should have been taken care of WHEN IT FIRST STARTED. Parents let their kids get away with this kind of behavior and then get confused when they keep acting this way? At least she called the police, I guess.

Dena had you been doing your job while he was growing up he would not have turned out to be a lazy slacker. You should have tossed his butt out once he turned 18 if he wanted to stay home and play video games all day. When you let your kids run the house at an early age you are asking for big trouble. You set the boundaries early...it is too late at 19.

My philosophy in life....

Beat a Child, Save a Life.

Seriously, the life you save could be your own. You spank a child to teach them what's wrong, what's not acceptable, and respect for authority figures. Spanking children was a way to save your child from 1. messing with someone much bigger who could potentially hurt them and 2. not realizing or appreciating consequences of their actions and decisions. Finally, spanking your child instills a sense of fear in you as the parent - not fear as in Jason, Friday the 13th or a DANGER, but fear as in a healthy respect, like one should love but also fear God. This "fear" can ultimately save your life, as your child wouldn't dare try to kill you.

There you go - Beat a child Save a life - The child's, another person's, or even your own.

Signed - A proud Teen who's parents taught her all about life, respect. and consequences through the use of corporal punishment.

Sorry, you're all parenting fails.

Corporal punishment will only make internal the hate/disrespect that in cases like this is external, and while that's less worse in a moral sense, it's also less healthy for your son's mind (and you wonder why there are so much psychological problems in the U.S.)

You're just doing it wrong all around... I'm a very young teenager, none of my parents ever used corporal punishment, and while I hate to be "proud", judging by most people's actions, I consider myself fairly better educated than most people I've dealt with.

Don't let your kids watch TV or play videogames until they have a fairly good criteria/criterium (I don't know the exact term, english is not my native language), don't let them play with other kids if you see the other kids are not a good influence, always teach them the good and the bad without yelling and explain why... That's what my parents did, and most parents don't do. I work well, other teenagers clearly don't. (Or just do it superficially)