Boy Charged by Mother....

[lizbud]

Yes, I read that story a few days ago also. All I can say is they don't
make Moms like they used to. Just shows how little respect and control
she has over her own children.

[lvpets2002]

Thank you & enough said with me..

Yes, I read that story a few days ago also. All I can say is they don't
make Moms like they used to. Just shows how little respect and control
she has over her own children.

[GreyhoundGirl]

What the... People these days, I hope the police make her pay a fine for wasting their fime.

[CathyBogart]

Hang on, I've got the article from my childfree forum.... CLICK

Child Arrested After Opening Holiday Gift Early

POSTED: 12:26 pm EST December 5, 2006
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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.

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Looking at the age discrepancies...this woman was 15 when she had him. I'm not terribly surprised she didn't learn how to parent him well. The GREAT grandmother was only 36 when her granddaughter was born.

If my brother had done this and my parents truly felt he deserved to be punished, my guess is they would have donated the gameboy to charity. NOT wasted the cops' time. I certainly home the police weren't kept from anything...you know...IMPORTANT while this was happening.

[RICHARD]

Again,

A few good cracks across the crack never hurt anyone.

Or, as my borther used to taunt me..


"No means NO!"

[Husky15]

How stupid. I see zero parenting there. Like seriously, she's wasting some of the cops' precious time that may actually be needed elsewhere. She obviously doesn't know the first thing about parenting. She should have to pay a fine and have herself checked for some mental issues.

And also, if she knows her son is tempted to open the present, why not hide it? My parents never put the presents under the tree until early Christmas morning or around midnight on Christmas Eve. They always keep them hidden in their room.

What a stupid thing to do.

[moosmom]

Some people aren't fit to pro-create, let alone own a pet.