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Read this before you take away your kid's PlayStation
Shannan Troiano punished her 16-year-old son by making him remove posters of cars and rap stars, and taking away his PlayStation. After that (and a few other disciplinary measures), the kid went out and hired a hit man to kill her. Allegedly, of course. (Washington Post)
November 1, 2007 | Permalink
Comments
Throw this punk into the nearest maximum-security juvenile detention center. He'll find out quickly he's not as tough as he thinks. The teenager is obviously a mental defective and needs to remain imprisoned and/or institutionalized indefinitely. And it's likely that the games on his Playstation were filled with gratuitous violence.
Posted by: Dick Tater | Nov 1, 2007 11:02:00 AM
I wonder if a good old fashion whooping in his early years would have made a difference???
I can't wait for common_sense to charm in on this one.
Posted by: The Asshole Guy | Nov 1, 2007 11:05:31 AM
Parent allows kid to play violent "shoot em up", "slash their heads off" video games for years, then tries to punish the kid for something and gets surprised when he looks for ways to kill her.
Hmmmm...something is amiss.....
Posted by: Cherie | Nov 1, 2007 11:07:47 AM
I was thinking the same thing, TAG...that this kid obviously didn't get spanked enough as a small child.
This kid's a menace-while I won't go as far as our resident moron and say he's mentally defective, I think he's clearly a danger. He needs to be locked up and for a good long time.
Posted by: pnwgal | Nov 1, 2007 11:14:25 AM
Only thing amiss Cherie is your way of thinking. Yeah, the video games made him do it. I wonder if they where whispering to him redrum, redrum.
Posted by: The Asshole Guy | Nov 1, 2007 11:15:10 AM
I do truly feel badly for these parents. I have friends who are great parents but have one absolutely unruly kid (however he has not tried to kill them). Sometimes you do everything you think you should and you're told to do and your kid still doesn't turn out as well as you would've liked. There is no parenting handbook that pops out with each baby. Wouldn't that be nice. I have 3 great kids, but they aren't perfect. This is one of those stories where I really shouldn't cast any stones.
Posted by: Cherie | Nov 1, 2007 11:17:22 AM
It's obvious that they were too crowded in thier little 5,800 sq. ft. home! How could they even move around? To Punish him as an adult in prison would be a huge mistake. He would come out raped and someone's bitch, and ready for payback. This kid looks very immature for 17 years old. Give him a spanking and send him to bed with no supper or snacks!!
Posted by: ol'dog | Nov 1, 2007 11:19:24 AM
I am so very tired of people blaming video games for idiot children like this. TAG is correct, this kid should have had his ass spanked. They sure would have been better than the ass beatings (among other fun things they'll do to his ass) this little shithead is going to receive in prison. Best of luck to him and I hope his prison wedding is a beautiful one.
Posted by: Heywood Jablome | Nov 1, 2007 11:20:51 AM
Hit man? Is that the best he can do? Feh.
I'll take my chances. I'm the parent, and it's about rights vs privilege.
Kids have a right to breathe air, ingest nutritious food, wear clean clothes in good repair, and to have a safe, secure home.
They do not have a right to foul the air with [pick a pollution] or ingest twinkies until their guts explode. They also do not have a right to television, video games, mp3 players, computers, or the lastest/most expensive fashions.
I never take away any of their rights, not even their right to remain silent.
Posted by: Soo | Nov 1, 2007 11:21:48 AM
I too think adult prison isn't a good idea here. Juvenile hall is punishment enough.
There are no guarantees in parenting and kids don't come with a return receipt.
Posted by: Phranqlin | Nov 1, 2007 11:33:17 AM
Sometimes you do everything you think you should and you're told to do and your kid still doesn't turn out as well as you would've liked.
Wow, common sense. This is a point that I've harped on with all the "If you raise your kids right, they'll turn out perfect!" crowd.
Posted by: Me | Nov 1, 2007 11:36:03 AM
According to the mother, the boy's biological father was an abuser. This kid might have an inherited tendency toward violent behavior.
Posted by: Sheila | Nov 1, 2007 11:43:12 AM
I don't know, violent behavior and hiring a contract killing just don't feel like the same thing to me
sterilize the little punk now and save the world some future grief
Posted by: Lambiepie | Nov 1, 2007 11:47:45 AM
Rap music obviously damaged the kid's brain, or maybe just worsened it... how about some nice simple electroshock therapy?
Posted by: Mook | Nov 1, 2007 11:51:14 AM
What a vile, worthless, ungrateful little turd.
Posted by: elchampino | Nov 1, 2007 12:07:42 PM
As well-read adults, you surely know this isn't incident isn't the first chapter of this family's story.
This child was probably verbally abused and spanked or beaten severely throughout his life. The family itself is probably highly dysfunctional.
Think about it asshole guy. Thinking can work wonders for yhour point of view.
Posted by: common_sense | Nov 1, 2007 12:10:41 PM
Take the Playstation and beat the snot out of the kid with it.. Then place him in a nice jail.
Posted by: Dick C Normas | Nov 1, 2007 12:15:11 PM
Nice solution Dick. You must be a real sweet guy.
Posted by: common_sense | Nov 1, 2007 12:18:08 PM
What should I think about wise one? Should I think about how well behaved my daughter is?Should I think about how well she does in school and how she excels in ballet?
Please show me the way wise one. For I seek your wisdom and guiding light.
Posted by: The Asshole Guy | Nov 1, 2007 12:18:20 PM
Oh, I guess thinking is just not your thing. So go ahead and continue to advocate violence against children as a child-rearing tactic.
Posted by: common_sense | Nov 1, 2007 12:22:59 PM
My father was violent and abusive, but none of his children are. My mother did not hesitate to bust out a can of whupass. None of us are willing to go as far as she did to correct antisocial behavior. My grandparents were also hard-line types who didn't hesitate to violence and mayhem to correct antisocial behavior.
In one generation, the cycle ended. Nature or nurture? I can't say.
Posted by: Soo | Nov 1, 2007 12:25:57 PM
I asked my stepson to turn down his stereo, 3 times. I walked in his room with a pair of wire cutters, snip snip, the speaker wires were gone. Two weeks later I rewired the speakers , no problem since. They want to see how far they can push, so I push back.
Posted by: Jim | Nov 1, 2007 12:32:40 PM
"They do not have a right to foul the air with [pick a pollution] or ingest twinkies until their guts explode. They also do not have a right to television, video games, mp3 players, computers, or the lastest/most expensive fashions."
Soo, you are my hero. That's *exactly* how I look at parenting.
Jim: That's something I would do.
Posted by: LooseyGoosey | Nov 1, 2007 12:45:15 PM
Somewhere along the way this young man learned how to pass along all the failings of his upbringing. Maybe his mom was to busy cleaning the bathroom.
Posted by: thomas | Nov 1, 2007 12:56:53 PM
Why would it matter if there home was 850 sq ft or 5800 sq ft? Why would it matter if she got away from an abusive man when he was little (smart woman) and remarried? We have no idea what went on in this home or what these parents tried or didn't try. Give it a rest. If you've got great kids, be thankful. If you have troubled kids, get help before it gets to this point. If you dont have kids...dont assume to know until you do.
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