Worst Parent Award (Video)

[jerrydyer]

Ive seen his other vids.... isnt he a member here?

 

[fluff191]

I think he might be a member here. I think he may have also asked me some questions via YouTube because I remembered his screen name.

 

[Zap]

Way too many assumptions going here. We have no idea what the kid is like. Is he failing to meet certain responsibilities, financial or otherwise? Is he shirking certain duties? Is he going back on promises that he's made? There could be a myriad of unknown issues at play here. Without knowing the context of her rant we really aren't qualified to judge.

Was she too harsh regardless of the circumstances? I would say that's subjective. I've heard much worse, but you'd have to be a pretty big pussy IMO to be truly offended by her demeanor. She simply sounds fed up to me...absolutely annoying but hardly abusive.

She essentially says that if she engaged in similar activities, he would think she's worthless. From a logistical standpoint, she's calling her own son worthless. If calling one's teenage son worthless isn't abusive, I don't know what is. If that makes me a pussy, I would argue that you clearly have no idea what effect that can have on an underdeveloped psyche. He's clearly submissive by what little response he gives to her, as well as his tone. Sorry, but kids shouldn't have to be strong enough to take that.

 

[tweed]

First of all he should tell her that a penis is not a game thing. Secondly, he should learn some country tunes for his mom.

 

[rupe]

Way too many assumptions going here. We have no idea what the kid is like. Is he failing to meet certain responsibilities, financial or otherwise? Is he shirking certain duties? Is he going back on promises that he's made? There could be a myriad of unknown issues at play here. Without knowing the context of her rant we really aren't qualified to judge.

Was she too harsh regardless of the circumstances? I would say that's subjective. I've heard much worse, but you'd have to be a pretty big pussy IMO to be truly offended by her demeanor. She simply sounds fed up to me...absolutely annoying but hardly abusive.

She essentially says that if she engaged in similar activities, he would think she's worthless. From a logistical standpoint, she's calling her own son worthless. If calling one's teenage son worthless isn't abusive, I don't know what is. If that makes me a pussy, I would argue that you clearly have no idea what effect that can have on an underdeveloped psyche. He's clearly submissive by what little response he gives to her, as well as his tone. Sorry, but kids shouldn't have to be strong enough to take that.

Point taken. I thought my name was "worthless" until I was a teenager...I don't feel that I'm scarred for having been referred to by that term. I think parents (or anybody really) sometimes let frustration interfere with their message...I know I've said things to my son in the heat of an argument that I later regretted. Being called "worthless" is certainly not cool, yet I wouldn't personally call it abusive. That said, I'm not a psychiatrist so perhaps I'm wrong.

 

[Zap]

Way too many assumptions going here. We have no idea what the kid is like. Is he failing to meet certain responsibilities, financial or otherwise? Is he shirking certain duties? Is he going back on promises that he's made? There could be a myriad of unknown issues at play here. Without knowing the context of her rant we really aren't qualified to judge.

Was she too harsh regardless of the circumstances? I would say that's subjective. I've heard much worse, but you'd have to be a pretty big pussy IMO to be truly offended by her demeanor. She simply sounds fed up to me...absolutely annoying but hardly abusive.

She essentially says that if she engaged in similar activities, he would think she's worthless. From a logistical standpoint, she's calling her own son worthless. If calling one's teenage son worthless isn't abusive, I don't know what is. If that makes me a pussy, I would argue that you clearly have no idea what effect that can have on an underdeveloped psyche. He's clearly submissive by what little response he gives to her, as well as his tone. Sorry, but kids shouldn't have to be strong enough to take that.

Point taken. I thought my name was "worthless" until I was a teenager...I don't feel that I'm scarred for having been referred to by that term. I think parents (or anybody really) sometimes let frustration interfere with their message...I know I've said things to my son in the heat of an argument that I later regretted. Being called "worthless" is certainly not cool, yet I wouldn't personally call it abusive. That said, I'm not a psychiatrist so perhaps I'm wrong.

Hey man, no hard feelings. I teach college kids, have gotten close to many of them, and have also seen how much damage some parents have done, so it really hits home.

 

[PBGas]

Most of us play guitar for some kind of combination of making money, a hobby, having fun or just to get to get whisked away from the daily crap called life. He's doing the right thing and enjoying himself. My parents never said this kind of crap to me. They encouraged me to have fun. I'd play for hours and shake the house but I also knew when it was time to stop for a bit and get what needed to be done, done.

 

[LP Freak]

I agree that she just sounds fed up. There seems to be a huge generation gap between them. Kids are much different these days than when I grew up too. Sorry to say, but most (not all) teenagers are lazy as hell. They'd rather sit home and play video games rather than work to pay for that new guitar. I just know growing up if I wanted something, I had to work for it. That's just the way it was. And looking back now I know that was the right way.

 

[Erock]

Man, I'm hoping my kids get into something like music in their teenage years. Won't bother me a bit if they hole up in their rooms jamming, at least I'll know where they are. I'm screwed if they act anything like I did at that age. I'm trying to encourage them to play, but one has little interest, and the other wants to use the guitar as a hammer.

 

[dwizted]

I can remember when I was growing up. I loved Iron maiden and the number of the beast and then slayer's hell awaits. So I was always sporting the tees. It was always satanic monikers and my mom didnt get it she thought I was a satanist. It wasnt that I was a satanists it was just the jondra of music I enjoyed. She finaly got upset becouse of all the black tees and decided to cut em all up. I came home from school oneday to find out and her and my dad pinned me down and gave me a hair cut. I had had long hair ever since I was a kid and was proud to wear my hair that way. It was constant all my live and didnt relize what was wrong with my mother. Later on in life things got real bad and found out she was a paranoid schizophrenic and bipolar I always thought she just hated me. We went through many years of jail time, clinics, hospitals and she past away two years ago. I now relize I love her tremendously and miss her dearly and know in my heart she did love me and couldnt help herself from being the way she was. I would not change anything or regret anything it has tought me to be the best person I can be and be there for my kids and to suport them the best I can.

 

[glassjaw7]

I have amazing parents. If this is real, I feel terrible for this dude.

 

[Qweklain]

He posts over on SevenString.org as this topic is currently in discussion over there. He is not 18 yet, but will be very very shortly, and he is going to move out I think. His mom locked all of his guitars in storage space that he has no access to and probably never will. All he has is an Engl Invader he and his dad payed 50/50 for, but from what I have read from him, his dad seems completely fine, it is the mother that is literally short-circuited in the head.

In short, it is NOT fake.

 

[TeleBlaster]

Just because he's living under her roof, it doesn't entitle her to verbally abuse her son.

If you think this is "abuse" you must live a very sheltered existence, in your mom's house...

 

[TeleBlaster]

..... Talk about a bitch that needs a curb stomp! ...

Wow, really??? You advocate manslaughter as a reasonable response in this situation?

 

[Zap]

Just because he's living under her roof, it doesn't entitle her to verbally abuse her son.

If you think this is "abuse" you must live a very sheltered existence, in your mom's house...

Bwahaha. You're so funny. Go back and read what I said after that as an explanation before you ream into me like a dolt.

 

[TeleBlaster]

Just because he's living under her roof, it doesn't entitle her to verbally abuse her son.

If you think this is "abuse" you must live a very sheltered existence, in your mom's house...

Bwahaha. You're so funny. Go back and read what I said after that as an explanation before you ream into me like a dolt.

I would but now I'm too shattered by your verbally abuse! Please stop or I'll have to respond appropriately, like with threats of physical violence because now I'm fully justified by your mental torture!!

 

[Zap]

Just because he's living under her roof, it doesn't entitle her to verbally abuse her son.

If you think this is "abuse" you must live a very sheltered existence, in your mom's house...

Bwahaha. You're so funny. Go back and read what I said after that as an explanation before you ream into me like a dolt.

I would but now I'm too shattered by your verbally abuse! Please stop or I'll have to respond appropriately, like with threats of physical violence because now I'm fully justified by your mental torture!!

I hope that kid can take it as lightly as you, Tony Toughnuts, because from the looks of it, he can't.

 

[alan67]

Way too many assumptions going here. We have no idea what the kid is like. Is he failing to meet certain responsibilities, financial or otherwise? Is he shirking certain duties? Is he going back on promises that he's made? There could be a myriad of unknown issues at play here. Without knowing the context of her rant we really aren't qualified to judge.

Was she too harsh regardless of the circumstances? I would say that's subjective. I've heard much worse, but you'd have to be a pretty big pussy IMO to be truly offended by her demeanor. She simply sounds fed up to me...absolutely annoying but hardly abusive.

She essentially says that if she engaged in similar activities, he would think she's worthless. From a logistical standpoint, she's calling her own son worthless. If calling one's teenage son worthless isn't abusive, I don't know what is. If that makes me a pussy, I would argue that you clearly have no idea what effect that can have on an underdeveloped psyche. He's clearly submissive by what little response he gives to her, as well as his tone. Sorry, but kids shouldn't have to be strong enough to take that.

Point taken but I will submit this possibility to you: perhaps the reason he is so submissive is that it's his full intention to immediately post the video on YouTube and thus make himself seem like an innocent and his mom seem like a psycho beeyotch who appears to get off on berating him. My parents gave me similar shit but that was before the intardnet and before youtube, so, I couldn't broadcast it to the world.

Ah, internet stardom....it's a wonderful thing. And before anyone gets butthurt, no I don't advocate any type of abuse, I am just extremely skeptical of videos like these

 

[alan67]

He posts over on SevenString.org as this topic is currently in discussion over there. He is not 18 yet, but will be very very shortly, and he is going to move out I think. His mom locked all of his guitars in storage space that he has no access to and probably never will. All he has is an Engl Invader he and his dad payed 50/50 for, but from what I have read from him, his dad seems completely fine, it is the mother that is literally short-circuited in the head.

In short, it is NOT fake.[/quote


"but from what I have read from him" I'm not trying to be a smart ass but is that the only thing you're basing your statement that this is absolutely not fake on?

 

[Zap]

He posts over on SevenString.org as this topic is currently in discussion over there. He is not 18 yet, but will be very very shortly, and he is going to move out I think. His mom locked all of his guitars in storage space that he has no access to and probably never will. All he has is an Engl Invader he and his dad payed 50/50 for, but from what I have read from him, his dad seems completely fine, it is the mother that is literally short-circuited in the head.

In short, it is NOT fake.[/quote


"but from what I have read from him" I'm not trying to be a smart ass but is that the only thing you're basing your statement that this is absolutely not fake on?

Your points are far more valid than the ones made by Teleblaster.