Unfortuantly, its a matter of when, not if.Brokkr said:
Well, that kid won't be sociopathic at all anywhere down the line.Slim Reaper10 said:
6 Year Old Drives To School Courtesy Of "GTA Skills"
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This kid is such a legend. It took me hours to learn to start a car without stalling. GTA doesn't teach you that.
6 is far too young to be playing GTA, but that's not the major issue. All kids will make a large mistake in their early life, and it just so happens this kid made an absolutly huge one. Whilst it is questionable how right it was for the parents to supply him with the game in the first place, it may not be them to blame. Maybe the kid was shit-scared of his gym teacher. Or really likes school. I dunno. I doubt it too, but it's possible.
I was thinking the same thing. I think he probably watched his parents while they drove (a shocking revelation, I know) and then decided to try it out when he panicked about not making it to school on time. He was just hoping it might be as easy as GTA, is all.inu-kun said:
Nobody's a perfect parent, but I'm more curious as to how the child obtained the keys. Did mom accidentally leave her purse unattended? ...or were the parents snorting cocaine, tossed him the keys, and asked him to pick up some groceries while he was out?
Because it was a shotgun. Most shotguns use some sort of pellet or buckshot inside their shells. If it was just a regular pellet gun, I don't think the sitter would have been hospitalised, unless he was shot in the face or something.ChromeAlchemist said:
Did the parents buy the kid the game? Did they even know he had it? The article doesn't mention that at all. When I was a kid, I had games I hid from my parents, because obviously if they knew I had them they would be taken away. If that was the case, charging the parents seems unfair, it's not like they told the kid to steal the car and get to class. I'm a parent too, and if my kid decided to do something stupid (and they all do at some point), I wouldn't want to be charged with something I couldn't stop.
At least there isn't anyone commenting that they went too far taking the kid into protective custody. Believe it or not, there are actually people on Kotaku that said "Parents cannot be responsible for their kids every second" or even "boys will be boys." Why, oh why do these idiots (both the commentators and the parents) have the right to speak and procreate? Props to the kid for making it so far. Just wait until he can actually get his license.
yeah, wen i was 3, i stuck my sisters car keas in an electric outlet ZzZzZaAaAaAaP!!!!!!!!!jebussaves88 said:
When I was three, I stepped on a rusty nail. Barefooted. Twice.Mr. Valentine said:
Edit: And Cheeze, there's a big difference between letting your kid walk outside when you are watching them and a tragedy happening, and giving your 6-year-old an M-rated game, then leaving your car keys within easy reach, not making sure your kid gets to the bus stop on time, not waiting to make sure he didn't miss the bus, and above all, not making sure he realizes the difference between fiction and reality. I mean, this isn't some 13-year-old kid who decided to take the keys and sneak the car away. The kid was 6. I'm sorry, but when you have a 6-year-old kid, you have to take certain precautions. Hell, I walked my brother to school until he turned 8, and made sure I was there to walk him home after school, just to make sure he was safe.
Wow, he's already better at driving then me. I could not have survived 90% of the things he came across.
HA!... I lawled, that was brilliant... bad parenting aside I don't think the two should be taken away, but at least punished perhaps... the parents punished I mean...It's not like they actually allow the kid to drive normally, just play graphic video games.
I have a friend whose been playing zombie games with his father since he was five. The only negative side effect at this point is that now almost every dream he has involves zombies, which isn't so much negative as hilarious...
I have a friend whose been playing zombie games with his father since he was five. The only negative side effect at this point is that now almost every dream he has involves zombies, which isn't so much negative as hilarious...
I'm with you. But I still think protective custody isn't going to fix it. We honestly can't say how to blame the parents are.D_987 said:
OUCH, damn that must have STUNG LIKE A BICH, how long did you cry, if at all.......i didnt cry when i got zaped, i was LAGHING MY ASS OFF "big spark mommy BIG SPARK"thebobmaster said: