Son arrested for playing with gameboy.

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South Carolina mother has son arrested for playing with Christmas present

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A fed-up mother had her 12-year-old son arrested for allegedly rummaging through his great-grandmother's things and playing with his Christmas present early.

The mother called police Sunday after learning her son had disobeyed orders and repeatedly taken a Game Boy from its hiding place at his grandmother's house next door and played with it. He was arrested on petty larceny charges, taken to the local police station in handcuffs and held until his mother picked him up after church.

"My grandmother went out of her way to lay away a toy and paid on this thing for months," said the boy's mother, Brandi Ervin.

"It was only to teach my son a lesson. He's been going through life doing things...and getting away with it."

Police did not release the boy's name.

The mother said her son was diagnosed in the last year with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder but his medicine does not seem to help.

She said he faces an expulsion hearing at his school Wednesday. Rock Hill Police Capt. Mark Bollinger said the boy took a swing at a police officer assigned to the school last month. He has been suspended from school since then.

The boy's case will be presented to Department of Juvenile Justice officials in York County, who will decide what happens to him, Bollinger said. His mother hopes he can attend a program that will finally scare him straight.

"It's not even about the Christmas present," she said.

"I only want positive things out of it...There's no need for him to act this way. I'd rather call myself than someone else call for him doing something worse than this."


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[305GUY]

*speechless*

[taiboxa]

i saw that.. cant believe that shit!

[BajanBastard]

Good move mom.

[scriptfactory]

Her son was out of control. Hopefully she can get him some help. I don't think what she did was right (and I would NEVER do it) but nowadays it's difficult being a parent and I can't really blame her... Especially if that boy doesn't have a dad.

[crash187ct]

i'm glad she stepped up to the plate...early enough to hit it out of the park.

[mcpeepants]

spanking would do the trick but he's probably do old

[Kale]

she should have got he police to kick his ass as well while he was at the station

[J.S.N.]

spanking would do the trick but he's probably do old

correct, in fact i was just reading some interesting work in a psych journal about spanking's near 100% efficacy in ADHD cases.

[Bigen12]

correct, in fact i was just reading some interesting work in a psych journal about spanking's near 100% efficacy in ADHD cases.

Spanking?????

Lord forbid you don't let your child express themselves.......

This poor child was simply expressing his need for video games.......

[perfectbeast2001]

my steop son has ADHD. He is ony able to control himself in an enviroment that has firm rules and boundaries + unpleasant consequences. He has had his ass slapped by me before and has lost his pocket money and been grounded on a good few occasions. It works. All this left wing "ooh talk to the kids let them express there emotions" bullshit does not work. That is why the UK is in a mess and youth crime is rife. Good on the mum I say, I wish more parents toughened up there acts instead of being cowards and hiding under a politically correct left wing load of psychobabble.

[Bigen12]

my steop son has ADHD. He is ony able to control himself in an enviroment that has firm rules and boundaries + unpleasant consequences. He has had his ass slapped by me before and has lost his pocket money and been grounded on a good few occasions. It works. All this left wing "ooh talk to the kids let them express there emotions" bullshit does not work. That is why the UK is in a mess and youth crime is rife. Good on the mum I say, I wish more parents toughened up there acts instead of being cowards and hiding under a politically correct left wing load of psychobabble.

Exactly,

I have an adopted daughter, she was 13 when I adopted her, and had no discipline. Her mother and grandparents would tell her something to do and she would look them in the face and do as she pleased.

It was tough when I first started putting my foot down. But with time and many discussions she now sees things my way. She knows when I tell her something that I mean it and that she doesn't do as she is told, there will be consequences.