A 14-year-old boy’s mother had enough with her son’s gaming over the weekend. After turning off the console hoping he would stop gaming, she called police to ask for their help in solving her son’s “addiction”.
According to the story first reported in the Boston Herald, Angela Mejia had enough with her son’s gaming when she found him playing Grand Theft Auto at 2.30am. She told him to go to sleep, but he refused.
“Sometimes I want to run away, too,” Mejia told the Boston Herald. “I have support from my church, but I’m alone. I want to help my son, but I can’t find a way.”
After unplugging her son’s game console, she decided to call 911. Police came to Mejia’s home and coaxed the boy into going to sleep.
“[The police]were just like, ‘Chill out. Go to bed,’” Mejia’s son told the Herald.
What Mejia’s son did when he woke up is unknown. My guess: he played a video game. Yours?
Davo1111
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 11:28 AMi hope the police charged her for ‘wasting police time’
Jarrard
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 11:29 AMlol what a pathetic parent.
she even went to the point of unplugging the console, no idea why she didnt just take the powercord with her.
Frogztar
Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 9:21 AMSo let us think, whose fault is this? Hmm…. its a toughie. I know, lets blame the video game industry for “making their product addictive”. Or the government for not restricting the sale of video games. No, I know, it’s the Police fault for not forcing the kid to sleep and staying around until morning to make sure he didn’t start again. Wait a minute, that sounds like the parents job. But we can’t possibly blame them – after all, it not like they bought the kid the console. And the game. And didn’t place any restrictions on him. Or fail to… oh, I dunno… take the console away. Or… say enough is enough. No, we can’t possibly question any parenting skills. It has to be someone else fault.
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Friday, December 25, 2009 at 4:59 AMJesus…It’s just a video game. It’s not like he was doing drugs or something. People are so stupid.